Unusual thing to have bloke close to union at? (3,5)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

A third &lit, if you will. An anagram (unusual) of THING, with HE for bloke and the end/close of [unio]N. Obviously, a bloke coming up to marriage/union would more likely be at the stag do getting tied to a lamppost on Bodmin Moor.