I received the most Geordie proposal ever!
WHEN Rebecca English’s boyfriend popped the question, she was expecting flowers and champagne. Instead, she got a Festive Bake. Romantic Tony Brown went down on one knee outside Fenwick’s window with the couple’s two children watching on.
Then, after she said yes, he took them over the road to Greggs.
“It must be the most Geordie proposal ever,” admitted Rebecca, 25.
Her new fiancee couldn’t agree more.
“It has everything, Fenwicks, Greggs – unless Alan Shearer was there or something, it couldn’t have got more Geordie,” said Tony, 26.
Tony admits he’s Greggs mad although he usually goes for a tandoori baguette, or a bacon sarnie.
But he said he just needed something to line his stomach after getting proposal butterflys.
“I was hyper and I was starving, and when I turned around there it was – Greggs,” said the North East Ambulance Service mechanic. “I had been so nervous before – hands down it was the most nerve wracking thing I’ve done. We have two kids (Daizy and Molly) and compared to this, labour was an absolute breeze.”
But after plotting the perfect proposal for the last couple of years, he picked up the courage on a packed
Northumberland Street last Wednesday.
As the family gazed at ‘The Snowman’ theme, Rebecca turned around and caught her partner on his knee.
“Everyone was clapping and Daizy didn’t know what was going on – she thought they were clapping her!” recalled Rebecca.
Pasty shenanigans included, she said it was the perfect proposal although her other half only decided on the day.
“We are going to Seaham Hall later this month, and he was planning on proposing there,” she said.
“I don’t know what exactly happened but he spoke to his barber that morning and he just suddenly decided today was the day. And the Festive Bake was typical of him but I was expecting more than a Greggs afterwards, put it that way!”
However, while Tony claims he was just hungry, Rebecca believes the pastry-proposal may have been influenced by a rather controversial marketing move. Greggs has been accused of hijacking (or should that be pie-jacking) the iconic window this year by displaying their sign backwards – so anybody looking at the winter scene can read its name. “Subliminal advertising works well!” joked Rebecca. So will they be getting Greggs to cater the big bash?
“If I get my way, no,” said Rachel. “But there’s always a chance!” And anybody else plotting a proposal this winter, take this advice from a man who has been there, done it - and celebrated with a 450 calorie slice of heaven.
“Just go for it – go with your gut and don’t rush it,” said Tony, “You do it once, so do it right.”