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Rochdale romeo outshines Depp.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Not many men can upstage Johnny Depp – but that's what a lovestruck boyfriend from Rochdale did to win his girlfriend's hand in marriage. Mark Spencer took Heather Hickey, his girlfriend of ten years, to see the new Pirates Of The Caribbean film.
But instead of tucking into popcorn and feasting her eyes on Hollywood hearthrob Depp, a gobsmacked Miss Hickey saw her 27-year-old partner on screen. He had secretly asked the cinema if it would show a written advert asking for her hand in marriage. But the Odeon went one better and filmed his proposal.

He said: 'I hope this is romantic enough. I love you to bits and I want the whole world to know it.' 'I turned round to look at him,' said Miss Hickey, 24, 'and he was down on one knee, holding out a ring.' Then the whole cinema stood up and cheered. She added: 'I was too stunned to speak. We just hugged.'