Dear Sharon,

What next? Do you remember years ago when people got married the reception was usually in a chapel/ church hall, and the meal consisted of a plate with ham, pease pudding, lettuce and tomato and buttered bread buns, beetroot and pickles etc, cakestands with cream cakes and individual trifles?

I am most surprised that this vintage menu has not returned, especially for couples on a tight budget.

Janet Charlton, Stanley, Crook.

Dear Sharon,

How sensible of your son and his wife-to-be to want a small wedding. Hopefully they will avoid the horrors of the hired morning suit which rarely fit properly and make those unaccustomed to them seem very ill at ease. I don’t know how much they cost to hire but I guess it wouldn’t be cheap.

Ordinary men always got married in their best suit, usually bought for the occasion and lasting for years afterwards.

My thought when I see those uncomfortable morning suits is always “borrowed clothes.”

Chris Henderson (by email).