Get to know Matt and Shella's family and friends who are helping to make the wedding day extra special:
Jonathan Luing
Kelly-Anne Smith
Maddison Douch
Joshua Douch
Derek Smith
Mary Smith
Patricia Storey
Ashley Garland
Matthew Brown
Samantha Douch
Nikki Smith
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| Jon Luing | |||
| The Best Man |
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| Jon and Matt know each other as their parents lived in the same road and they went to school together, where they were partners in crime by looking up Miss Milne’s skirt. They also used to bath together in Jon’s dustbin when they were 4 years old. Read his facts > |
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| Kelly Smith |
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| Chief Bridesmaid | |||
| Kelly is Shella’s younger sister. She lives in London with her dog, Ben, and is an award winning voice over artist. Kelly once tried to impress boys on St Ives beach by attempting to leap like a salmon into the surf but tripped over and ended up face down in the sand. Read her facts > | |||
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| Maddison Douch | |||
| Bridesmaid | |||
| Maddison is 12 years old and is Matt’s niece and also his goddaughter. She is horse mad!! Read her facts > |
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| Joshua Douch |
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| Page Boy |
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| Joshua is Maddison’s younger brother and is 8 years old. When Joshua grows up, he’s going to be an inventor! Read his facts > |
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| Derek Smith | |||
| Father of the Bride |
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| Known as Smudger to his friends, Derek is delighted to be getting rid of his eldest daughter at last (only kidding!). Derek once did a wee on Shella’s head – but that’s another story! Read his facts > | |||
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| Mary Smith |
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| Mother of the Bride | |||
| As well as being mum to Nikki, Shella and Kelly, Mary is also substitute ‘mum’ to the Rowlings Road crew – where her duties involved cooking extra Yorkshire puddings for Sharon and making late night tea and toast for Darren and Martin. Read her facts > |
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| Patricia Storey | |||
| Mother of the Groom |
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| Glamorous Patricia is the ultimate GILF, although luckily she won’t know what that means! Patricia’s true age is a closely guarded secret but we do know that she was Ryde Carnival Queen in 1958. Read her facts > |
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| Ashley Garland |
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| Usher | |||
| Matt met Ashley on a brick trolley at Kings Worthy Primary School at the age of 5. They subsequently crashed the brick trolley and were sent ‘to the mat’ and have remained firm friends ever since. Read his facts > |
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| Matthew Brown | |||
| Usher |
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| Mr Brown was the joker of Kings Worthy Primary School, where he was better known as Matt Brow-wow-wow-wown. Read his facts > |
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| Samantha Douch |
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| Sam is Matt’s eldest sister and mum to Maddison and Joshua. She likes to make very big hats and has won the ‘most exotically dressed lady’ competition for two years on the trot at Salisbury races. Read her facts > |
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| Nikki Smith | |||
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| Nik is married to Kate and is eldest brother to Shella and Kelly. Nik likes to get a bit tipsy at weddings and on one recent occasion he fell out of a taxi into a bush. So if he disappears at the end of the evening, we’ll know to check the nearby foliage. Read his facts> |
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