imagethe night before our wedding my husband tried to commit suicide! image

We had made a lot of home-made wine and punch for the wedding - and Dad asked Derek to open one of the bottles with his patent gas bottle opener . As he opened the bottle, the gas thingy jumped and he ended up pumping carbon dioxide into his skin and made a big bubble. I ran out of the room and fainted, best mate's husband followed to see if I was ok - and he passed out, I came round, he threw a fit. Meanwhile Derek watched by my aunt had grabbed his wrist and was pushing the gas out of his hand. Dad was phoning a family friend who was a Doctor! who said we were doing the right thing, but if he felt ill to dial 999. We still laugh about this nearly 39 years later and joke that he tried his hardest to get rid of me before the wedding.

Mind you we also laugh at fact that my parents moved up north just after the wedding, and on my wedding day the house had a "for sale" sign outside. Derek says he was never sure whether it was the house or me that was for sale image

anyway he was ok and wedding went off without a hitch. However, got to the honeymoon hotel and I had writhing tooth ache! We were having lunch at home the next day before our flight to Cyprus - so got strong painkillers from Mum to sort it! but not the best way to start married life image

When we got to Heathrow - we were surprised by VIP treatment as my boss had organised special meeting and greeting - best seats on aeroplane and a bottle of champagne!image

Mags