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Loving couple go to great heights to renew vows after husband's recovery from serious illness

Laurence and Sarah Sugarman have chupah at Peak District beauty spot

September 25, 2020 08:54
The Sugarmans on their big day

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Mathilde Frot,

Mathilde Frot

1 min read

Nottingham Liberal Synagogue members Laurence and Sarah Sugarman donned hiking boots to accompany their wedding outfits as they renewed their vows in a chupah at Jacob’s Ladder in the Peak District.

Married for 26 years, the couple, both 52, were also celebrating Mr Sugarman’s recent recovery from Guillain-Barre, a syndrome which affects the nervous system and causes temporary paralysis.

They were joined by family and friends, including their three children Max, 25, Megan 23, and Mia, eight. Their rabbi, Tanya Sakhnovich, officiated.

“We carried everything to the foot of Jacob’s Ladder and then two people stayed behind to set everything up while the rest of us climbed up to the top,” Mrs Sugarman told the JC.