Some venues stop feeling like somewhere we simply turn up to work. Sue & Mike's wedding was another return to The Bridge, this time in the Walshford Suite, and from the moment we arrived it felt like working alongside people we already knew.
That mattered, because the evening did not begin exactly to schedule. The room was still in use when we arrived, speeches eventually pushed the Magic Mirror start back by around half an hour, and none of it became a problem. Everyone simply worked around the wedding and let the day run at its own pace.
Quick Takeaways
- Couple: Sue & Mike
- Venue: The Bridge
- Room: Walshford Suite
- Day guests: Around 55
- Evening guests: Around 100
- Prints: 71
- Print designs: Deadpool, Gangs of New York, beach and Justice League
- DJ: Col — Sound Division PM
- Photography: Tom Walters Photography
The Walshford Suite was candlelit for Sue & Mike's evening reception.
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Not one wedding cake, but two.
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A Wedding That Came Through The Bridge
There was a nice bit of history behind this booking. The Bridge recommended Yorkshire Magic Mirror following their January 2026 wedding fayre, which eventually brought us back through the doors for Sue & Mike's wedding.
We've been at The Bridge repeatedly recently — this was roughly our third visit in three weeks — but tonight felt different again because we were down in the Walshford Suite.
We Hadn't Even Unloaded the Van...
The roast potatoes looked this good. We can confirm they tasted as good too.
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Desserts lined up while the daytime guests finished their meal.
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Three tea bags. The normal mug is included for scale.
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When we arrived, around 55 daytime guests were still enjoying their carvery and our setup position wasn't free yet. There was nothing useful to be gained from getting in the way, so we waited in reception for the room to become available.
The Bridge team know us well enough by now that, before we'd even unloaded the van, they brought us a carvery too. The roast potatoes had already looked dangerously good from across the room and, unfortunately for the photographic record, ours disappeared before we remembered to take a picture.
A truly enormous cup of tea followed — three tea bags required — and then it was finally time to remember we'd actually come to work.
Ready for Six, Waiting for the Wedding
We were fully in and set up for the planned 6pm start, but speeches had only just begun. Rather than trying to force the Mirror into the middle of them, we moved our start back by around 30 minutes.
That left a little time for a catch-up with Col from Sound Division PM, who was back from holiday and on DJ duties, and The Bridge team including Tyler, Dan and Marie. Tom Walters Photography was covering the photography.
It was one of those rare wedding setups where almost everyone around us was familiar with everyone else's job. No drama, no fighting the schedule — just a group of suppliers and venue staff working around Sue & Mike's day.
Four Designs, Completely Different Looks
Once the Magic Mirror opened, guests had four very different custom print designs to play with: Deadpool, Gangs of New York, a beach design and Justice League.
That's one of our favourite parts of creating every booking individually. A single wedding doesn't have to be locked into one generic photo booth template. The designs can change the feel of the photographs completely while still belonging to the same event.
Smart suits did not survive.
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Then the Props Took Over
Saika was one of the guests who absolutely understood the assignment, properly styling the props rather than simply holding one up for the photograph.
Later, two very smartly dressed gentlemen arrived at the Mirror and promptly transformed themselves with a pink hat, a cowboy hat and a mask. When the masked gentleman was told to smile, the only sensible instruction left was: smile with your eyes.
That's the bit of the Magic Mirror we can never manufacture in advance. We bring the designs, the props and the experience; the guests decide how ridiculous they're prepared to make it.
The Magic Mirror ready for the evening in the Walshford Suite.
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Sue brought the family and grandchildren together for one of the night's proper keepsake photos.
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Smart suits did not survive contact with the prop table for very long.
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Saika understood the assignment: don't just wear the props, style them.
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Sue brought the generations together for a proper family keepsake.
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When you're wearing a mask, apparently the instruction is to smile with your eyes.
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And Then a Proper Family Photograph
The same Mirror that had people disappearing behind masks and cowboy hats also gave Sue the chance to bring her family and grandchildren together for a group photograph.
Those two sides of a wedding can happen minutes apart. One group is there purely to make each other laugh; the next creates a photograph that could stay in the family for years. It's one of the reasons we still love watching how different generations use the Mirror in completely different ways.
A Candlelit Walshford Suite
Away from the Mirror, the Walshford Suite had a lovely evening feel. The room was candlelit, there were two wedding cakes, and the evening guest count grew to around 100 people.
By the end of the booking we'd produced 71 instant 6×4 prints, with plenty of group photographs amongst them.
The Team Behind The Bridge
Col from Sound Division PM was back from holiday and on the tunes.
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Another night made easy by a Bridge team who genuinely couldn't be more helpful.
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We've said it before, but nights like this are why we keep saying it: The Bridge team really are some of the best people for us to work alongside.
Tyler, Dan and Marie couldn't have been more helpful. Even when timings shifted, everything was easy. There was never any pressure to force the original schedule when the wedding itself needed more time.
At one point Tyler — all 5'1" of her — appeared carrying an enormous rolled carpet from the dance floor as though it weighed nothing. Someone nearby immediately observed, “we don't know who was rolled up in it.”
We decided not to investigate.
Planning a Wedding at The Bridge?
The Bridge is one of the Yorkshire venues we know extremely well. From wedding fayres to real weddings across its different rooms, we know how to fit the Magic Mirror around the venue and, more importantly, around the natural flow of the day.
Final Thoughts
Sue & Mike's wedding wasn't about one huge headline moment. It was one of those nights made up of loads of smaller ones: arriving to a room still enjoying its carvery, being fed before we'd even unloaded, a delayed start that caused absolutely no stress, four completely different print designs, ridiculous prop choices, a family photograph with the grandchildren and another brilliant evening working alongside The Bridge team.
71 prints later, that was another Bridge wedding done.
Congratulations Sue & Mike, and thank you for having Yorkshire Magic Mirror as part of it.
