Styling: Holly Elgeti. Make-up: Nicky Weir using Hourglass Beauty. Hair: Alex Szabo at Carol Hayes using T3 Haircare. Dress, Mulberry. Jewellery, Daisy jewellery
Until recently, I never saw the point of eloping. It seemed underwhelming to get married without your loved ones there to celebrate.
To me, elopements were what you went to Gretna Green for. And that’s miles away – you probably have to take at least two trains. But that was before I did it myself.
I got engaged during the pandemic. We planned our wedding in the glow of optimism that existed in the brief period in between lockdowns last September. ‘It’ll probably all be over by Christmas,’ we told each other, gambling that our hope would win over scientific evidence. The ceremony was organised for 10 December with ten guests, aware that social distancing measures might be in place.
Labour leader Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Boris Johnson
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice While much of our focus has been on the election results north of the Border, it’s what’s going on south of Gretna Green which is truly fascinating. The ascendant narrative there is that the rundown towns and rural areas George Orwell wrote about 80 years ago (which are still rundown) are populated by “uneducated” plebs, largely motivated by their blind and petty patriotism, xenophobia, and a deep collective desire to engage in acts of mass economic self-harm.
WAITROSE is putting aside exclusive bays in selected stores to sell Hotel Chocolat products. The supermarket, with a branch at Gretna Green, will be selling a range of the chocolatier s products including The Velvetiser drinking chocolate machine. Hotel Chocolat CEO Angus Thirlwell said: “We’re thrilled to be a part of this dynamic collaboration – a dedicated Hotel Chocolat branded space embedded within Waitrose, uniting two of the UK’s most loved brands. Our relationship has grown tremendously over the past ten years and we have built a terrific rapport.”
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Jim Sturrock.
Jim Sturrock, 72, took over in the late 1970s and has passed the business to his daughter Wendy, who also opened the neighbouring Room 39 Boutique in 2015. Jim’s granddaughter Connie runs the adjacent hair salon at Room 39.
“It’s a great area to live in and it’s the people who make it,” says Jim, a Stobswell resident for 32 years.
“We always make everybody welcome; whether they come from the south or north they integrate into Stobswell.
“I know a lot of people in Stobswell and they know me. We look after each other.”
Living the dream at Baxter Park Terrace