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They've been together for 47 years and were engaged for three decades...

now singer Denise Nolan has finally married drummer Tom Anderson. The Nolan sisters were guests of honour as the pair tied the knot in Blackpool – their second home – with a service on the promenade and photos in front of the Tower. Denise, 72, who spent this week on honeymoon in Scarborough, North Yorks, says: “I had a fabulous day.



We didn’t get home until midnight. We danced our legs off all night!” Their ceremony included a special tribute to the late Bernie, who died aged 52 in 2013, before Linda, 65, Coleen, 59, Anne, 73, and Maureen, 70, all got in the mood for dancing at the reception. The day was extra poignant because Tom, 77, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease six years ago, and the couple knew they faced a race to enjoy the day while they still could.

Mirror columnist Linda moved in with Denise and Tom a year ago, after her incurable cancer spread to her brain. She lived with them for a year in 2017 and for two years during the pandemic as Denise supported her during the worst of her treatment. Linda wanted to help pay for the couple’s big day as a way to say thank you.

And she loved every second of the wedding. She says: “With everything that’s happened in my own life, moments like these become even more precious. “Watching Denise walk down the aisle, knowing all the years of love, trials, and triumphs she and Tom have shared, brought tears to my eyes.

“It was a day.

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