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FOR happy couples everywhere their big day is a chance to declare their love in front of family and old friends.

And they don't come much older than the 40ft-long skeleton of T Rex.

Loved-up couples can now exchange their vows in the shadow of the towering prehistoric party guest at Newcastle's Great North Museum, the first in the country to house the huge replica.

Having secured its civil partnership licence, the Hancock - home to a host of impressive exhibitions - has already held its first wedding breakfast among the mummies from Ancient Egypt and an exhibition on Greek art.

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The pounds 26m visitor attraction is the latest North East attraction to become a quirky place for would-be-brides and grooms to tie the knot.

And Kelly Norman and her fiance Patrick Horne have already booked the Hancock for their November nuptials, and cannot wait to swap rings beside the resident beasts.

Sports massage therapy student Kelly, 33, and IT engineer Patrick, 34, are both Northerners currently living in Cambridge where Kelly is studying, having met just over a year ago on a snowboarding holiday.

On a recent return visit they couldn't believe how much the Hancock has changed since its multi-million pound makeover.

Kelly, originally from Replica YSL handbags Throckley, Newcastle, said: "The last time I came here was when I was a little girl, and look at it now! Our wedding photographer can't wait for the big day.

"We wanted to find something a little different and a bit funky and when we searched for unique wedding venues on the internet the Hancock popped up. "It's still a very traditional sandstone building with fabulous staircases but the backdrops are very different.

"Weddings can be quite boring for children but we won't need to worry about entertaining them now."

Hot on the heels of the future Mr and Mrs Horne, many other couples have also been onto the museum.

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Colin Perkins, who runs the museum's events and catering, said: "We have already had a lot of enquiries from couples wanting a wedding that is really different while observing some of the day's more traditional moments. "We can cater for as few as 60 guests up to 350."

The Hancock isn't the first popular attraction to turn its attention to love.

In recent years Donna Redfearn, of North East Wedding Planners, has seen more and more couples come to her wanting something different on their special day.

She said: "Five years ago it used to be a bit different to have your wedding at Newcastle United or Sunderland but now quite a few couples do that.

"We are always getting people coming to us wanting quirky weddings but when it comes down to it and we talk to them what they actually want is something just slightly different from the traditional wedding."

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