Girl makes big prom entrance in dad's removals van

Forget hiring a limousine, a teenager "made the best entrance ever" at her school prom by arriving in the back of her dad's removal van.

Jessica has just finished her final year at Smithills Secondary School in Bolton, Greater Manchester.

The 16-year-old's unusual transport choice was inspired by a similar video on social media.

Her mum Sharon and a friend brought a bit of glamour by hanging a silver sparkly backdrop in the van as well as adding balloons and a bubble machine.

Jessica's arrival at her "fabulous, fun night" on Thursday was captured on video.

As the van's tail-lift lowered her down to the road, one woman can be heard shouting: "That is the best entrance ever!"

Sharon told BBC Radio Manchester she showed her daughter a video of someone in the United States arriving at their prom in similar fashion.

"I showed Jessica and she was up for it.

"It was something in a plain van. I thought: 'We can do that better'!"

Jessica said she immediately "had my mind set" on being taken to her prom at Bolton Wanderers' Toughsheet Community Stadium in her father's BVM removals van.

She said: "My teachers told me it was the best arrival of the night.

"I had told my friends I was coming in my dad's removals van but they hadn't seen it.

"When we pulled up they crowded round and they were wondering who it was."

Sharon said it only cost about £40 to decorate the van, which included a silver bow for the front of the vehicle, a silver backdrop covered in balloons, and a white cover for a chair.

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