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Couple get married on first day of Great Yorkshire Show

Tuesday, 8 July 2025 15:28

Newlyweds: Peri Dunford and Mark Jones tied the knot at the Great Yorkshire Show.

It was a memorable first day of the 166th Great Yorkshire Show - and even more so for a couple who tied the knot.

Newlyweds Peri Dunford and Mark Jones chose to have their wedding at this year’s show, having got engaged at the event this time last year.

The couple, who are from Garstang near Preston, said their vows in this year’s Forestry section in front of guests.

To complete the Yorkshire farming theme, Peri was led down the aisle by horses Stig and Tyne.

Mark and Peri discovered a mutual interest in horses when they first met in a pub - and this was soon combined with Mark’s interest in arboriculture.

Now both work in Mark’s arboricultural business and teach at Myerscough College, Mark teaching chainsaw and tree felling skills and Peri as an Equine Technician.

In August the pair will be heading off for a month-long honeymoon in Iceland and Norway.

The 166th Great Yorkshire Show which will be run until Friday 11th July at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate.

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