50 Years Ago Today.....

[10ClarionSt]

....ABBA won Eurovision, as we keep being reminded. Also 50 years ago today, me and Mrs Clarion were married, so tis a Golden Day today folks. We're just on our way out to celebrate with the family, at Ye Olde Boars Head in Middleton. 

We spent our first married night at the Midland Hotel , Manchester, where I asked the waiter to ask the guests in the lounge if they would like to have a drink and celebrate with us. He said he wouldn't advise that as they were a convention from AA. Yikes! Anyway, I bought them all tea and coffee, which was well received. The following morning we woke to find that central Manchester had been locked down due to an IRA bomb threat and no-one could go in or out of the city. Good stuff, eh? Quite an exciting start to married life! 😊  

[Deskdiary]

Agnetha had the stronger voice though.

[Hopkirk]

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[Barsel]

Hi fellow Manc. Didn't realise this was about Abba and have posted on Naomis thread.

Congrats to you and Mrs ClarionSt. The Midland eh? Very posh.

Very funny about the AA convention.

[10ClarionSt]

Thanks for all the replies folks and the good wishes. We had a really nice evening. And no disco, so no ABBA! And definitely no AA!

[ichkeria]

"^ I remember The Cardigans and the others. They were successful but you can't really say they were ever as successful as ABBA"

I didn't say they were 😀