The Cemetery Chippy at Colne

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The Cemetery Chippy at Colne

Image: © Marathon Taken: 31 Aug 2018

Despite the name this is a popular place with the people of Colne in Lancashire. The cemetery across the road has a memorial to Wallace Hartley, the bandleader on the Titanic. His body was recovered from the sea and when he was buried here 1,000 people attended the funeral and up to 40,000 people lined the route. His violin was sold by auction in 2013 for £900,000 - a record for any Titanic memorabilia. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2489897

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.857919
Longitude
-2.15884