THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT, TAKEN FROM THE
NEWSPAPER ARTICAL ABOUT BROTHER KELLY AND
KAREN'S WEDDING THAT TOOK PLACE ON MAY 22,2004
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HARLEY A GOOD TIME
FOR THE DEATH MARCH
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SIXTEEN HARLEY DAVIDSONS ROARED INTO
TOWN HALL SQUARE, GRIMSBY, FOLLOWING A
BRIDE'S LIMOUSINE TO THE TOWN'S OFFICE.
MEMBERS OF THE WARLOCKS LINCOLNSHIRE
MOTORCYCLE CLUB ESCORTED KAREN
HODGSON AT THE REQUEST OF HER NEW
HUSBAND, MICHAEL BOULTER. MR BOULTER
(42), OF GRIMSBY, ARRIVED FOR THE WEDDING
20 MINUTES EARLIER ON HIS OWN HARLEY
DAVIDSON. HE SAID: "IT'S WHO I AM AND I
WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING SPECIAL ON FOR
THE MISSUS. THE RIDERS ESCORTING HER ARE
FROM ALL OVER LINCOLNSHIRE. THE COUPLE
TIED THE KNOT AT AROUND NOON ON
SATURDAY. MR BOULTER WORE HIS LEATHERS
AND MISS HODGSON AND HER BRIDESMAIDS
WORE ROCK BOOTS WHICH PEEPED OUT
BENEATH THEIR DRESSES. THE PAIR, WHO MET
AROUND EIGHT YEARS AGO AND WHO HAVE
BEEN AN ITEM FOR THREE, EXCHANGED CELTIC
WEDDING RINGS. MISS HODGSON ALSO OF
GRIMSBY, SAID SHE HAD "NO PROBLEM"
MARRYING INTO THE BIKING FRATERNITY AND
THAT ALTHOUGH NERVOUS. BEING FOLLOWED
BY THE BIKES WAS "GOOD". SHE WALKED
DOWN THE AISLE TO CHOPIN'S DEATH MARCH
AND WAS GIVEN AWAY BY HER FATHER, COLIN
HODGSON. DAUGHTERS DANIELLE (13), GEMMA
(12) AND HOLLY (5) WERE HER BRIDESMAIDS
AND WORE RED DRESSES DECORATED WITH
WHITE FLOWERS. MR BOULTER, WHO
PROPOSED AT A PARTY IN FRONT OF AROUND
200 WARLOCKS, SAID THEY WOULD
HONEYMOON AT A BIKER'S PARTY IN GERMANY
THIS AUGUST. HE SAID: "I'VE BEEN IN THE
CLUB SINCE IT STARTED EIGHT YEARS AGO
AND MOST OF US HAVE RIDDEN ALL OUR LIVES,
BUT WITH IT BEING AMERICAN-BASED, HAVING
A HARLEY DAVIDSON IS PART AND PARCEL OF
IT. "I'VE TURNED HER INTO A KEEN BIKER."
THE BRIDEGROOM HAD TWO BEST MEN: RICK
YOUNG (30) AND BIKER DAVID COYLE (43). HIS
DAUGHTER DANIELLE (17) ALSO ATTENDED.
REGISTRAR ANNE BUTLER SAID THE COUPLE'S
WEDDING WAS "UNUSUAL". SHE SAID: "I CAN
REMEMBER SOMEONE FROM A RUNNING CLUB
GETTING MARRIED IN RUNNING SHORTS,
WEARING A TOP HAT. "AND WE'VE HAD A FEW
COWBOY WEDDINGS, BUT WE'VE NOT HAD
ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE." THE COUPLE'S
RECEPTION WAS HELD AT THE BOOTLEGGER,
CLEETHORPES.