HARMONICA Man Michael Thomas Nelder’s coffin will be taken in a procession from outside his former busking spot in Swindon town centre to Kingsdown Crematorium next week.
The locally famous musician died in the early hours of December 30, aged 83. He was a common sight playing his harmonica outside Primark on Regent Street.
A memorial event will be held at his old busking spot on Thursday, January 24, before his harmonica-emblazoned colourful coffin is driven to Kingsdown Crematorium.
Both the memorial event outside Primark and Mr Nelder’s funeral will be open to the public. The memorial will start at around 10.30am and the funeral at 11.15am.
Mr Nelder cut a famous face in Swindon for years. Last summer, he was among the town heroes to be replicated in woollen doll form for Swindon Stitch and Bitch’s Characters of Swindon exhibition.
A fundraising campaign raised more than £5,000 towards the costs of Mr Nelder’s funeral.
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