Barnsbury couple tie the knot after winning free wedding
David and Ariane - Credit: Archant
Getting married is rarely a bargain deal these days, but for one pair of newlyweds the big day wasn’t such a big spend after winning a free ceremony.
David Morin, 33, and Ariane Ouellet-Decoste, 32, from Liverpool Road, Barnsbury, celebrated with 80 friends and family over Easter at the Grade II listed Islington Town Hall after winning a council prize draw for a free civil ceremony.
David, a doctor and financier and Ariane, parents of one, chose the town hall for its character and location.
Ariane, said: “Every weekend we saw couples getting married here and thought it looked so pretty.”
The prize offered the ‘‘best room in the house’’, the plush-carpeted, oak-panelled council chamber worth up to £2,500.
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Deputy Council leader Richard Greening, who married Patsy in the chamber in 2012 said: “I know from personal experience the excellent job our registrars do.”
More than 1,400 couples tied the knot at the building last year.
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For more information of weddings and civil partnerships at Islington Town Hall, go to www.islington.gov.uk/ceremonies or call 020 7527 6350.
