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Thursday, April 29, 2021
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Another day in London
April 28, 1981 - It is the day after Ringo and Barb's wedding and while the newlyweds are enjoying their new married life, Paul and Linda are back to work in London (and meeting a lucky fan)
Snowy Day in April
April 27, 1971 - It was on this date, that Ringo and Cilla shot some footage in the snow for Cilla's TV Show. Ringo also made a promo for the single "It Don't Come Easy."
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Happy anniversary Ringo and Barb - 40 years! ♥♥♥♥
April 27, 1981 -
40 years ago today Ringo Starr married Barbara Bach. This couple has been through a LOT together. Somehow they managed to stick by each other and have had a strong marriage now for 40 years. Congratulations to them! I love them as a couple. I wish them all the best! Happy birthday to one of our favorite couples: Ringo and Barb!
The reception
Apri 27, 1981 - - After Ringo and Barbara exchanged vows, they went to a nightclub in the Mayfair part of London called "Rags" for a reception. Between 50-70 people were invited. Besides George, Paul and their wives (and in Paul's case children - I guess the Harrison got a babysitter for Dhani), also at the wedding were Ringo's parents, Barb's parents, Barb'd children from her first husband, Derek Taylor (and wife, Joan), Neil Aspinall (and his wife, Joan), Harry and Oona Nilsson, Hillary Gerrard, and makeup lady named Barbara Daley and a hair guy named Leonard. Terry O'Neil took photographs.
Everyone left with a large solid star and of course, the wedding cake was also shaped like a star.
The biggest and most exciting news from the reception was that the "Threetles" (which they wouldn't be known as until the mid-1990s) were heard making music and some people even say that they heard "Beatles songs" (although which ones is unknown to me). But from the photographs, we see that Paul played piano and George was on the guitar and Ringo seems to be playing some sort of make-shift drum and also a guitar. Oh to have been a fly on the wall of the Rag nightclub on April 27, 1981!
The wedding only lasted a few minutes
April 27, 1981 -
Ringo and Barbara were wed at the same place that Linda and Paul got married, and by the same registrar which I have always thought was an odd bit of Beatles trivia.
There are just a few photos that we know of from the actual wedding itself. The news said it only lasted a "few minutes." We see that Barb's sister, Marjorie was the maid of honor, but who was Ringo's best man? I see Hilary Gerrard standing nearby but who is the man standing next to Ringo? And why is it not Harry Nilsson? Harry really should have been Ringo's best man if you ask me (which obviously Ringo did not).
Note: According to the Club Sandwich magazine Mr. Roger Shine was one of Ringo's witnesses. Could that be the best man?
The McCartney family at the wedding
April 27, 1981
I was thinking about Ringo and Barb's wedding day was the first time Paul, George and Ringo were together after John's murder. It must have been a bittersweet time -- happy for Ringo and Barb but grieving that John wasn't there with them. But then I could not recall the last time that Paul, George and Ringo were together before Ringo's 1981 wedding. Would it have been Pattie and Eric's wedding reception?
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