Every bride wants to make an entrance on their big day, and for 43-year-old Noreen Quin from Swindon, her big arrival certainly caused a stir over the weekend.

The happy couple decided to do away with tradition and the usual chauffeur driven Rolls Royce or Bentley wedding car and so opted for something a little more familiar.

Although the Noreen and her now husband Nick Kearns have known each other for 20 years, they didn’t get together until Noreen came to work at businessman Nick’s skip hire firm.

In honour of the business that brought them together, romantic groom Nick decided to convert one of his skips into a “carriage” to transport his “princess” on their special day.

Although the skip hire company owner admitted the wedding skip had been used to transport rubbish in the past, the container underwent a complete makeover ahead of the big day.

The skip revamp took approximately two and half weeks to complete, according to the groom who undertook all of the work himself. The skip was carpeted, painted blue to match the bride’s dress with a glitter effect, a Perspex roof was added, along with seat belts in accordance with health and safety laws, and also a drop down door so as to allow the bride to make a graceful exit.

As the skip has no engine, it had to be transported to the registry office on the back of a lorry. After the service, the bridal party were treated to a ride in the wedding skip back to the reception venue.