encyclopedia titanica

COLNE Precinct could be renamed in honour of the towns most famous son to mark the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster Talks are taking place to name the town centre shopping arcade after bandmaster Wallace Hartley who famously lead the band as the liner sank after hitting an iceberg His body was recovered two weeks after the ship sank still fully dressed in his bandmaster uniform and returned to Colne where a huge procession followed his body to its burial on May 18 1912