Funeral 103 years ago today

[Pete]

I was looking through some old photos today, saw this and noticed the date was 27th December 1911 - exactly 103 years ago today. It's the funeral at Spital Cemetry of five children who died in a tragic accident when their costumes caught fire at the Palace Theatre.

A sad day for Chesterfield.

[Old Cruser]

I was looking through some old photos today, saw this and noticed the date was 27th December 1911 - exactly 103 years ago today. It's the funeral at Spital Cemetry of five children who died in a tragic accident when their costumes caught fire at the Palace Theatre.

A sad day for Chesterfield.

It's good that these photo's are around for us to look at. A piece of our Towns history to be shared and think about.
What a sad day that was

[Slacker]

I remember reading about it. My grandparents on my mother's side would have been teenagers in chesterfield then.

[Pete]

Just found this shot of the childrens' funeral.

[Old Cruser]

Very sad picture and those were the days when everyone dressed in black and heads bowed to honour and mourn the deceased.