Guests at a birthday party were left speechless when they found themselves at a ?guerilla? wedding.
Matt and Laura Beresford decided to spring a surprise on the 130 family and friends they invited to their joint 30th birthday bash ? by getting married at the same time.
Guests were ushered into another room? while the birthday party was getting into full swing,? Matt and Laura sneaked off to get changed into their wedding outfits in the golf club changing rooms.
Only their parents, best man bridesmaid and staff at the venue knew about the wedding in advance. Staff erected a partition inside the room so the ceremony could be kept secret until the last minute.
The screen parted to reveal the couple and a registrar waiting to get the nuptials underway.
Laura, who turns 30 on Friday , said: ?Most brides can?t wait to tell everyone about their engagement and wedding plans, but I had to keep everything quiet.
?It was very difficult, but the reaction from our family and friends was priceless.
?It made it a wedding to remember for everyone.?
Matt and Laura, from Bollington, Cheshire,? were childhood sweethearts who were reunited two years ago.
The idea for the surprise wedding was hatched on Valentine?s Day.
Graphic designer Matt, who was 30 in January, said: ?We wanted to have a 30th birthday party for Laura and had talked about getting married, so I came up with the idea of combining the two.
?We have both been married before so didn?t want a big fuss and build-up.
?She was well up for the idea.?
Matt?s best man Colin Taylor and bridesmaid Jenny Evans were? sworn to secrecy, alongside their parents, Marshall and Karen Beresford and Michael and Elaine Hatton.
Disaster almost struck when the registrar arrived at the same time as some of the guests but staff at the Tytherington Club, Macclesfield, swept her away.
Laura, a PA at drugs firm AstraZeneca, said: ?On the day it was like a military operation rather than a wedding.
?When the partition went back revealing us I was sick with nerves and excitement. People were screaming, cheering and crying with joy.
?Even the registrar gave me a massive hug.?
The birthday party was then transformed into a wedding reception with a cake, buffet and disco.
The couple?s honeymoon will be a family holiday in October with their eight-month-old son George, and Halle, eight, Matt?s daughter from a previous relationship.
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