after living in blackburn and the surrounding areas for nearly 50 yrs tuesday was my first visit to blackburn cathedral.always wanted to go and this was a special occasion,we waited for the coffin to enter the cathedral before finding a seat.we were seated in the overflow on the wings of the cathedral,not the best seats,you could not see the speakers or most of the people present,but i was part of ronnies final appearence.on the 3rd hymn the guy in front of us started to sway and fro.luckily we managed to get him to the floor before he hurt himself,and more medically minded people took over from us,it was the poor guy who suffered a fit/stroke.from then on the service was a blur,i was in a bit of a state really,hopefully the guy will be ok.
all in all ronnie got a fantastic send off,from the people of blackburn RIP