DO you love anyone enough to give them your last Rolo? John Wood does - in fact he made a 7ft tube of the chocolate treats to woo his sweetheart.

The 36-year-old from Poulton was the secret admirer of Karen Arbery for months after dedicating slushy records to her over the airwaves, giving his name simply as the Rolo Man.

And it worked, for on Saturday (May 16) the couple tie the knot at the Pickering Park Hotel in Catterall.

John, who owns JW Signs in Blackpool, explained: "Karen was going out with someone who insulted her publicly at a party and said he would never give her his last Rolo.

"The following day I put a request on Radio Wave from the man who would give her a Rolo.

"I kept doing this and soon everyone at the station was calling me the Rolo Man.

"So one day I made a giant tube, stepped inside it and walked down the street to the station."

John's secret identity was only revealed when he won a meal for two and wanted to take Karen, who is 42 on Sunday (May 17), with him.

"She thought it was hilarious when she found out.

"Karen has the same sense of humour as me - that's why I love her."

Karen says she was gobsmacked when she heard the first dedication but had a fair idea who was playing them for her.

Luckily she felt the same way.

"John has a superb sense of humour and always makes me laugh," said Karen.

"He is extremely romantic and we are definitely on the same wavelength."

Thirty guests will see the pair marry at Pickering Park, their favourite restaurant which, they say, they would recommend to anyone, before they jet off to Daytona Beach for their honeymoon.

But will John be wearing his 7ft Rolo tube or his best bib and tucker?

"I've threatened him," said Karen, "but nothing he does surprises me any more."

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