Useful wedding information

I thought that it would be useful to post links / info which I gathered as we organised the wedding. I'll try and structure in a reasonably sensible order.
So....

Legal stuff
If you are getting married in the Church of England, you need to get your banns read in both the parish where you will be married, and the parish(es) in which bride and groom are resident. In a village - straightforward - the local church (almost certainly). In the city - less so. A useful website is ACNY - which stands for 'A Church Near You'. Basically, you enter your postcode, refine the location using a map, and then this shows you your local parish church.

The UK Deed Poll Service provides a useful outline of a woman's rights on marriage in case you are interested in doing something more than just taking your husband's surname. It appears that you can 'mesh' the two surnames .... the mind boggles....

Clothes
Debenhams do a nice line in evening wear, which works well for bridesmaids.
I got my dress from Heavenly Bodies Bridal based in Catford and run by a very nice lady called Patricia.

Winston and Laurie

Last day of 'honeymoon-at-home' today. The IKEA furniture is almost assembled. The flat is still quite untidy but we're getting there. We decided to venture out to the cinema and chose 'Fool's Gold' which was actually quite good (given the lead was Matthew McConaughey, it could have just been irritating) - well written, nice digs at popular culture - but featuring Ray Winstone with an awful American (we assume) accent.
Given that the subject of the film was treasure hunting in the Bahamas (and around)- it seems reasonable that Ray Winston couldn't just be Ray Winstone (which was basically what he had been hired for, in much the same way as Al Pacino 'does' Al Pacino in every film etc.) - but the accent was quite distracting.
However, from Winston to Laurie - home to watch a few episodes of House (featuring a very good US accent from Hugh Laurie)while continuing to sort out the living room.