| Wedding Reception - The Mill at Rode, Somerset |
| Written by Steve Jones | |
| Saturday, 24 November 2007 | |
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We get called out to many different functions and venues around the country and this happened to be no exception. To be honest it was a bit of a confusing occasion. Myself and Norman were not sure whether we were meant to be manning the doors for the wedding reception on the bottom floor or upstairs in the other main restaurant for when Bono from the band REM or something like that, was expected to be arriving for lunch. There was quite some confusion on our part and the wedding guests for that matter. They wanted to know why we were there because it seemed a little ‘OTT for a wedding’. We had to tell them the truth – a special guest was expected in the building and we had therefore been hired to provide the security and ensure a gatecrasher free zone. It was a good job that we stayed downstairs because Bono never arrived and was never likely to. However another celebrity was in the building and on the wedding guestlist in the name of Tony Gardner off the telly. (The Dad in "My Parents are Aliens" and Michael in "Lead Balloon") I didn’t know who he was, but Norm watches a lot of Kids stuff and said that he is practically royalty in the world of Children’s TV. (Bush lives for security so doesn’t really go out much during the day, unless he’s doing something relating to security, so therefore has a lot of time on his hands.) So I may as well agree with him on this one. The wedding passed off without any major incident and no big security scares. Our highly sophisticated metal detectors continue to impress me however with its no nonsense attitude to shiny metal objects that may dazzle and excite. Kilts appeared to be the order of the day for some of the gents and the sporrans were setting the machine off like it was shoplifters central in a Curry’s store near you! We had to take decisive measures. They had to be taken off and lifted above their heads. It may have seemed ridiculous, but we don’t make the rules up! |
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