{"id":11750,"date":"2026-05-15T16:09:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/?p=11750"},"modified":"2026-08-05T10:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T09:35:02","slug":"iona-oban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.argyll-bute.gov.uk\/marriage\/2026\/05\/iona-oban\/","title":{"rendered":"Iona &#8211; Oban"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11750\" class=\"elementor elementor-11750\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b37154a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b37154a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ab49f0\" data-id=\"2ab49f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8c1b98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b8c1b98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Iona Welsh - Assistant Registrar<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4988245 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4988245\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-597e5b0\" data-id=\"597e5b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5e9bb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5e9bb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Based in Oban\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Started in Registration \u2013 2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-347a81a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"347a81a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-caf4a03\" data-id=\"caf4a03\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d2a3da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d2a3da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Being part of the registration team is a one of a kind job.\u00a0 It is wonderful to be able to get to know couples and support them through such an important day in their lives.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had the pleasure of creating 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