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Christina O'Neill

Londoner on meeting the 'love of his life' on first day in Glasgow 50 years ago

A Londoner who met the "love of his life" on his first day in Glasgow has shared some heartwarming words of wisdom as the pair celebrate 50 years of marriage.

In June 1972, ambitious 22-year-old shoe shop worker Pat O'Donohue was unexpectedly offered an opportunity to manage the Sauchiehall Street store and headed up on a train just a few days later.

At 9am that very morning, he met sales assistant Catherine McKenzie, from Oatlands, who was cleaning the shop floor.

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