Wedding bells
15 April 2011
Mike Davey, who works in the post room on Newport Road is marrying his long-term partner Debbie on 29th April. Here, Mike explains how the couple met and how he feels about sharing his big day with Prince William and Kate Middleton.
“I met Debbie in school” says Mike, “but she moved away to Oxford. I didn’t see her for around 20 years, but one Christmas Day I was out with friends in a pub and I saw her. We chatted for a while about old times. Six years later I saw her again and this time I asked her out. She said yes and we’ve been together ever since.
“The wedding is going to be on 29th April. We booked the wedding in January 2010 - we started that early so that we could make sure everything would go smoothly.
In October last year, William and Kate announced their wedding, and copied our date.
“We were contacted by BBC Radio Wales who are interviewing us about our plans – they’re calling it Cardiff’s own Royal Wedding! Our last interview will be on 22 April, a week before the big day. We are happy for William and Kate to share our date.”
Extra bank holidays: 29 April 2011 & 5 June 2012
The University will be closed on 29th April, 2011 with all staff receiving the extra Bank Holiday to mark the Royal Wedding.
Next year in 2012, to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee there will also be an extra Bank Holiday on Tuesday 5th June, with the traditional Bank Holiday at the end of May being moved to 4 June to make it a four day weekend.
Staff holiday information can be accessed at:
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/humrs/staffinfo/holidays/index.html
