Before the start of the Convention Opening Ceremony a reception took place to welcome Councillor Bob Winter the Lord Provost of Glasgow.
The High Sheriff of Lancashire, chief steward Ruth Winterbottom, wearing her full regalia, easily took the prize for the most splendidly turned out woman of the evening.

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