Another Hot Networking Day

A wedding planner's work is never done LOL Yes, I know its Sunday but needs must. I got up super early (blame the heat) and headed off to get some petrol (I haven't filled my car for 2 months), picked up a newspaper at the same time and headed off to Kings Norton.

I wandered around for a bit admiring the church yard and the church as I was waiting for the wedding fair to open at 11am. As the rooms were still being set up I set off across the churchyard to The Old Grammar School - this beautiful tudor building won (along with its sister The Saracen's Head) the Restoration Programme that used to be on the BBC. The building has been restored well and now has its own civil license for weddings. The downstairs room was laid out for a wedding breakfast - the long table looked stunning in the small room, whilst the upstairs room (accessed by outside steps) was laid out in register office style so that you can be married there. The Old Grammar School is a wonderful building and yet the ground floor rooms are younger than the upstairs ones. A lot of wood has been recycled and the panelling upstairs comes from old cupboard doors. There is an extremely old desk complete with old graffitti (schoolboys never change), the legs of the desk came from the old church and the legs themselves date back to the 12th Century.

Then it was back across the churchyard to The Green where the Old Saracen's Head (also known as the Merchant House) is situated. This building has also been lovingly restored and has a new annexe which was paid for by the group who have been trying to raise money for years to restore the old place. Its a lovely mix of modern with the old timber framed building.

The fair itself was rather small but I made some good contacts and tasted the most divine chocolate cake imaginable but then it was made by a company that just makes bespoke chocolate wedding cakes. I dare not visit the suppliers website for fear of spending too much money by buying sticky chocolate brownies.

Am in desperate need of a cold drink or at least an icecream so I will be back later...maybe I will be able to load up some photographs.