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While Katie and Corey worked together as teachers at the same school, they only really got to know each other while on a residential visit to Whirlow Hall Farm Trust. Together they took a group of 12 primary school children to learn about farming and the countryside. “It's often the first time these children have stayed away from home, so we get them involved in the cooking but Corey and I were left with the washing up!” Kate tells us. And that's where it all began.

Their love blossomed over time and Corey surprised Kate by proposing at More Hall Reservoir. To celebrate, they'd planned to head over to The Barn Cafe at Whirlow, where they first bonded during that memorable trip, but alas it wasn't to be. The diamond from the engagement ring had decided to go walkabout and although they searched high and low, sadly didn't manage to find it. “It wasn't the proposal either of us imagined... although we can see the funny side of it now and enjoy having a story to tell,” Kate laughs.

You can discover the story of their big day in the Mar/Apr24 issue of Your Yorkshire Wedding, free to download at www.youryorkshire.wedding/free-download

Image courtes of Katie Byram Photography and Hannah Brooke Photography

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It was love at first sight for Emily and Clay when they met at a restaurant in Dubai, and the rest is history! Clay very romantically proposed while Emily was ironing one day. “I kind of suspected it was going to happen,” she says. “Well, I knew he was the kind of man I'd love to be with all of my days on earth, and I knew he loved me.”

To find out more about the couple's big day, check out the Mar/Apr24 issue of Your Yorkshire Wedding, free to download at www.youryorkshire.wedding/free-download

"I 'd love to say there's a wonderful, romantic love story about how we met,” Hannah begins. “But it's probably how most start these days, on good old social media!” She met Kyle through Facebook in 2015: a friend request was sent and received, a few profile picture likes were exchanged, which in turn led to messaging and the rest is history.

Kyle proposed four days before Christmas in 2021, and the moment was just how Hannah had dreamed it. “I'd taken a day off work to go to the hairdressers and do the beauty prep for the festive period,” she remembers. “When I got home, I was met by Daisy, our English bulldog, wearing a new red collar. I didn't think anything of it, just said 'hello' and continued on into the living room where I found Kyle. He was on one knee holding out the most beautiful wedding ring with Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas playing in the background.” His question was met with much excitement, and of course, the all-important, “Yes!” Kyle then went on to ask if Hannah had seen the tag on Daisy's collar, she admitted that she hadn't, and bent down to check then. It read: “Will you marry dad?”

Find out more about Hannah and Kyle's big day in the Mar/Apr24 issue of Your Yorkshire Wedding, free to download at www.youryorkshire.wedding/free-download