Electric Picture Palace wedding

Electric Picture Palace wedding. E & R’s wedding at The Electric Picture Palace in Southwold was simply superb. It was a proper rollercoaster of emotions, from the nerves in the morning to huge joy of the afternoon. All of it underlined with roaring laughter! There had been quite a few hurdles to overcome to get to this point, none less so than the fact we were coming out of a global pandemic. It feels odd looking back at the monogrammed face masks and edginess we all felt before getting too close to others, something we got used to very quickly. We had a little drizzle as well, threatening to open the skies up. Thankfully, it just stayed as short burst. We even had a very keen bus driver who took the corners and hit the puddles at pace – exciting in parts, a little nerve racking in other parts.

Same sex wedding

One of the biggest hurdles though, has been the right for same sex couples to get married. When I got married, I just got on with it. For me the hurdles were in the planning and the family politics, almost taking the actual marriage for granted. For same sex couples, just getting to the starting line has been a huge fight in itself. Some of the most emotional parts of same-sex couples speeches are how they grew up assuming that marriage was never something they could allow themselves to aspire to. These two, these brilliant souls made the most of every minute of their day,

Southwold beach wedding

We started the preparations at The Anchor in Walberswick. Two separate rooms on opposite sides of the garden. Which meant it was only fitting to have their first look there. If emotions were running high during the preparations, they went through the roof for everyone when E+R saw each other for the first time. The it was masks on and onto a vintage coach for the speedy journey to The Electric Picture Palace in Southwold for the ceremony – a venue as unique and stylish as this couple. After a joyous and hilarious ceremony, it was off to the canons on the green overlooking the sea, a spot that means a lot to them, for photos and tin of Pimms. A short walk down to the beach itself and a race along the open beach to see who could make it into the sea first. The final leg of the journey was being rowed across the river back to Walberswick for pints and oysters. I left them settling into a lively meal and speeches at the pub and I left feeling that the world had become just a little bit more of a better and happier place.

Electric Picture palace wedding photos