70s singer finally marries fiancé after almost 50 years together
Denise Nolan, 72, has finally tied the knot with her long-term partner Tom Anderson, aged 77.
The couple who have been together for 47 years and engaged for around three decades got married in a ceremony in their hometown of Blackpool.
"I had a fabulous day," she revealed to OK magazine.
Despite being together for so long, the couple revealed that they never felt the need to rush into their marriage.
"We've been together now for 47 years and we love each other. We got engaged about 30 years ago, but we didn't think we needed the piece of paper to say that," she continued.
"He's asked me to marry him a few times but usually when he's had a drink and is feeling sentimental! Then I mention it to him the next day and he runs a mile."
Denise, who was one part of the popular Irish family band The Nolans said that the decision to finally tie the knot was partially prompted by Tom's Parkinson's diagnosis in 2018.
She explained that they "didn't want to wait until further down the line where he might be a lot worse and it could be hard work".
For the big day, the pair sat next to each other at the alter of The Wedding Chapel on Blackpool Promenade.
"Everybody was crying, even Tom was sobbing," Denise said.
"I also picked Frank Sinatra's Love And Marriage because I thought, 'I have to have a comic song in there,' and we're all Sinatra addicts in our family. As we walked back down the aisle we had Tom singing Love Will Keep Us Together. To be able to choose all out own music was really special for us."
In her speech during the reception, Denise said: "Meeting you was fate, becoming your partner was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control."
The couple first met while Denise was in her band and Tom was working as a resident drummer at the London Rooms in London's West End.
They have been inseparable since and now live in Blackpool with some family nearby.
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