“My grandson [Tristan] as he celebrates his first Holy Communion with Uncle Fr Frankie,” tweeted Jimmy, 71, afterwards, along with the picture above.
He added: “The lovely photo was taken by Tristan’s Dad, Dale, my eldest boy. So proud of all the family.”
Jimmy Cricket relived his wedding day 40 years on in his latest column for the Preston-based Lancashire Evening Post.
The famous entertainer is headlining Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Charter Theatre in Preston – where he made his pantomime debut in 1981 – over the Christmas and New Year period.
When the Lancashire Evening Post contacted Jimmy through his website editor Martin Hamer – former digital editor at the LEP – about the idea of a monthly feature in the run-up to the panto, he thought it was a “very flattering request”.
And his most recent column recalls the happy memories from 1974 – and how he celebrated his ruby anniversary.
Jimmy also talks about the pantomime, which will be directed by Freddie ‘Parrot Face’ Davies who found fame in the 1960s on Opportunity Knocks when it was watched by an astonishing 20 million people.
“Nobody tells a budgie joke like Freddie,” laughs Jimmy in his column.
It was a family occasion in more ways than one when Jimmy Cricket and his wife May celebrated their ruby wedding anniversary recently.
They got married at St Joseph’s Catholic church in Bury on 25 September 1974 (photo right) and, 40 years and three days later, they renewed their vows at St Mary’s, Sabden in East Lancashire (below left).
And the priest who took the Sabden service was none other than the couple’s younger son, Fr Frankie Mulgrew.
Close family (above) attended the service, which was followed by a special celebratory dinner at the nearby Spread Eagle Inn, Sawley in the Ribble Valley.
Joining both Jimmy and May for their special day of celebrations were all four of their children: Dale, Frankie, Jamie and Katie.
Also present were daughter-in-law, Philippa, and son-in-law, Lee.
Jimmy and May’s grandchildren made their presence known during the day as both Tristan and Lorelai participated in this joyous occasion.