Linda Nolan's sister Anne reveals her unusual request for funeral as hundreds paid their respects

On Monday's instalment of Good Morning Britain, Anne Nolan spoke to Susanna Reid and Ed Balls astir her precocious sister Linda Nolan.

Anne Nolan shared the antithetic ceremonial petition her sister Linda Nolan made to her household earlier her death. The 65-year-old died past period pursuing a agelong travel with secondary bosom cancer.

Over the weekend, the precocious prima was laid to remainder arsenic a memorial was held for Linda astatine St Paul's Church successful Blackpool, wherever she joined her husband, Brian Hudson.

Speaking astir the funeral, Anne told Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid and Ed Balls that Linda would've loved her ceremonial earlier detailing 1 unusual request.

She said: "It was precise emotional, precise sad, but connected the different manus it was benignant of joyous arsenic well. I mean, she picked her ain coffin, the pinkish glittery coffin was her idea. That’s the lone thing... Oh the different happening she wanted, she wanted america to deterioration mantillas.

“You know, the scarf things that you wear? The lace things? So my girl and Coleen really ordered them online. When they came, we chatted astir it, and we said, ‘I deliberation she might’ve been having a laughter there!

"I don’t truly deliberation she wanted america to deterioration mantilla, truthful we didn’t deterioration them. But, that was the benignant of humour she had.”

As Susanna asked if they tried them on, Anne replied: “I’m not definite what she was reasoning about! She was astir apt conscionable having america on, you know. But she did accidental she wanted america each successful achromatic and radical to deliberation astir her and cry.”

The ceremonial saw hundreds of radical gathering successful the streets to wage their respects to Linda, a determination Anne spoke astir portion speaking to the 2 ITV presenters.

Susanna highlighted: "In the days moving up to the funeral, we were reporting connected Good Morning Britain, that you arsenic a household had said, if anybody wants to come, anybody, past come."

Agreeing, Anne said: "That's what Linda wanted. We were doing it for her really. It was truly unusual due to the fact that connected the mode to the religion successful the ceremonial cars, arsenic we arrived determination was loads, hundreds of radical extracurricular the church.

"My sister Maureen started crying. I mean, we were each precise emotional, but she started crying due to the fact that of each the radical that were there. She said, 'I'm truthful gladsome due to the fact that Linda would've been truthful disappointed if each these radical hadn't turned up."

Anne shared that 1 woman, who lived adjacent by to the church, came retired with a tray of beverage and java to springiness to those who had attended.

Speaking astir her sister, Anne added: "She's going to beryllium missed, specified a lot. She was a forceful character. She was a big, large quality successful our household and successful tons of people's lives. I realised that now, she was amazing.

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