Thursday 13 February 2014

Colne & Wallace Hartley

 Albert Road - the main road leading to the centre of Colne (pronounced 'Cone')

 No 90 Albert Road was one of the homes of Wallace Hartley, the bandmaster on the ill-fated RMS Titanic

 The Blue Plaque at No 90

 Sutherland Street is the steepest street in Colne

 Looking down Sutherland Street

 The Titanic Bed (see next picture)



 The memorial to Wallace Hartley



 The local Wetherspoons pub is named after Colne's famous son



 St. Bartholomew's Church was built in 1122 and is the oldest building in Colne

 Colne cemetery where Hartley is buried







Looking south over the cemetery

1 comment:

  1. A very interesting set of images remembering a brave man.

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