On a freezing February day, 10,000 people lined the streets around St. Philip's Cathedral in Birmingham. It was a reception fit for TV royalty … the queen of Crossroads, Noele Gordon.
In 1975, viewers saw Noele, who played the soap's matriarch Meg Richardson, marry her on-screen lover Hugh Mortimer, played by John Bentley.
Noele's loyal fans had braved strong winds and lashing rain in a bid to get a glimpse of one of the most famous women in the country.
