06
A newly married bride and groom decided against the use of a traditional wedding car from a car contract hire firm for their nuptials and chose instead to use a seven and a half tonne truck!
The pair from Castleford in West Yorkshire got married in their local Methodist church after the bride, Mandy Wright aged 46 arrived in a HGV Lorry provided by haulage company James Irlam whom the groom, 48 year old David Crawford is employed by.
After the wedding ceremony had taken place, the happy couple went on a tour of Castleford in the HGV lorry driven by the groom, before driving on to their wedding reception in a local pub.
The blushing bride said of their unusual choice of transportation:-
A few extras:“It was my idea. My husband has been a lorry driver for 15 years and I thought to use a lorry for our wedding would be nice – something different and a bit special.
All the guests thought it was absolutely fantastic. Even people who weren’t coming to the wedding came down to the church to see the lorry because they couldn’t believe it.
It was fun driving around Castleford too. Everyone was waving and cheering and we were tooting our horn and waving back. It was great, we felt like royalty,”