Newly-wed Shelley Pearce’s big day was anything but trashy after she was chauffeur-driven to church in a garbage truck.
Mrs Pearce, nee McCombe, 28, from the Hill Rise area of Chippenham, was delighted to ride in the white ribbon-adorned dustcart provided by her employers Sita UK after a colleague suggested the idea to her as a joke.
Mrs Pearce, her father Martin and Grandad Tony were driven to St Peter’s Church in Langley Burrell on Saturday February 12.
After the ceremony Mrs Pearce and her new husband Dale, 31, who is an HGV driver, originally from Melksham, travelled in the dustcart to the reception at The Wiltshire Hotel Golf and Country Club in Wootton Bassett.
Mrs Pearce, who is an administrator at Sita UK in Bowerhill, Melksham, said: “The cart had everyone hanging out of their windows looking at it.
“It was brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
“I have been in trucks before but work did an amazing job of cleaning it up for us.
“Stepping in to it was like stepping on to a bus so it wasn’t too bad and I had plenty of room in there; probably better than squeezing in to a car.
“People thought it was wicked and my husband loved it. He felt like royalty.”
Mrs Pearce would especially like to thank her friend and boss Sue Ostler for helping to organise the service and for making her wedding cake.
