Edna Dillon said she is still “shook” days on from the surprise
Edna’s surprise birthday party
A nan had the shock of her life when she arrived at what she believed to be a Motown-themed night. Edna Dillon, from Park Road, Dingle, rarely goes out as she doesn’t drink alcohol, but when her sister-in-law Maria asked her to head to The Quarry, she agreed.
The 64-year-old drove herself, Maria and Maria’s sister, Jean Fulton, to the Woolton venue, but when she arrived, she thought something was off. The grandmum-of-11, who now lives in Allerton, said to Maria: “I think we’re at the wrong place, there’s no music”.
Despite this, the two insisted Edna continue inside as they knew what was waiting for her – having planned a surprise 65th birthday party. The mum-of-four, 64, told the ECHO: “My birthday isn’t till December, so I was completely shocked.
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“I don’t go out, I don’t drink, I’ve never drank. But my sister-in-law, Maria, said there was a Motown night, and we would head there. I thought that’s where I was going. Then, I opened the door, and I just heard ‘bang, bang, bang’.”
After hearing the confetti, Edna hilariously fell backwards in shock – but lucky, for us, it was all captured on camera by her loved ones. The former Liverpool John Moores student said: “I’m still shaken up. I thought I was being shot. There was all this colour confetti over me. It was a lovely surprise, but it definitely was a surprise.
“My poor grandson who rushed to pick me up said, ‘Nan, I thought you had a heart attack’. I’ve never had a surprise like this before. All my family and friends were there.
“Friends I haven’t seen for years and family I haven’t seen in ages. My feet are still sore after the night, and I have a big black and blue arm; I don’t know what I was doing, but I just had a fantastic night. I danced all night.”
Edna’s friend, JoJo Marie, posted the video to TikTok, and within hours, it had 11,000 views. It now has over 11 million views and nearly 500,000 likes.
