The Citizen's Love Sofa hits the town as Gloucester gets romance ready
THE Citizen was spreading the love in Gloucester yesterday.
Our love sofa hit the town in the run up to Valentine's Day and readers were loving their Citizen at our special stall at the city's farmers' market.
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VALENTINE'S SURPRISE: Paul Cooke and Mildreth Mbaeva, from Linden, with two-year-old daughter Uatjiri Mbaeva. Inset: Town crier Alan Myatt with Caron Lawlor from Tredworth.
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SWEETHEARTS: Malcolm and Susan Ireson, from Quedgeley, who have been married 30 years.
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MUM'S THE WORD: Karen Wiltshire, from Stroud, with daughter Megan, 10.
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FAMILY PRIDE: Adrian and Elizabeth Muszynski from Barton Street with their son Bartek, five.
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LOVE IS... Marie and Kev Savory, from Robinswood, who have been married five months. Below; Joan and Dawson Patterson, from Podsmead, who have been married 35 years.
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LOVE YOUR ONIONS: Promotions girl Tanya Baxter, left, with Martin and Gill Riley.
Couples took to the sofa at King's Walk shopping centre to pose for the camera and to tell their happily-ever-after tales.
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For Paul Cooke and Millie Mbaeva, from Gloucester, it was a night out which brought them together.
He said: "I was the doorman at the club that she was at and I asked her out.
"I have a surprise planned for Valentine's Day."
Heart FM presenters also turned up to share the love.
Breakfast show presenter Warren Moore said: "Its a fantastic idea. The Citizen always do a great job and they even take on idiots like me to write a column for the Monday editions."
The theme continued at the farmers' market where shoppers were treated to a free bag of onions with the newspaper.
Tony Lewis, from the Forest of Dean, said: "We are local people, this is the local paper, we read it for the local news. It's great."
Citizen Editor Ian Mean said: "It was great to see so many Citizen readers getting into the spirit of Valentine’s Day on our very own “love sofa” in King’s Walk shopping centre yesterday.
"It was brilliant to see so many of our readers ready and willing to express their love on the sofa.
"Yes, perhaps it was a daft idea. But why not let wives, husbands, partners and youngsters, express their love for each other?"
2 Comments
by cortezcortez
Sunday, February 10 2013, 12:55PM
“Heart FM are they still playing the same five songs hour after hour”
by FreeRadical1
Saturday, February 09 2013, 2:36PM
“This is what our once-great newspaper has been reduced to. Love sofa, indeed. And what has a free bag of onions got to do with St. Valentine's Day?”