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The Eddie Cochran memorial stone at St Martins Hospital
Bath Somerset England. It was moved from its original place to its permanent
place behind the chapel (a better site).
We had a few problems with the stone as it was
put down flat on the ground, not in an upright position, so all of the rain
would settle in the groves of the gold lettering. This would start a
chemical reaction over a year or so and would fade all of the gold
lettering, the lettering almost disappeared. We had the gold lettering
replaced, the same thing happened again, so now we had new gold lettering
and the head of Eddie Cochran in silver renewed and more new granite added
and put in an upright position. It is much larger and a real showpiece.
Thanks to the man that did the work on the stone Mr. David Ashwell
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The memorial was installed at St Martins in 1998. Myself
(ex Bathonion living in the USA for the last 29 years) and a good friend
Pete Morgan from Bristol UK have worked on this project from the start. It
has been expensive but worth it.
I have been told by a fan in the USA that this
is the best memorial stone for Eddie that they have seen, and they have seen
them all. I am proud of that.
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I was lucky to be present at Eddie’s last show in
Bristol; I was back stage for part of the show. I was talking to Gene
Vincent back stage and I spotted Eddie about 20 feet away from me. I waved
to him and he nodded his head, I started to walk toward him and at that time
a security person came over to me and told me “you have to leave, your are
not allowed back stage.” I never did get to speak to Eddie.
I would like to thank all of the
fans, fan clubs, and websites all over the world for all of the work in
keeping the talent of a great musician and singer Eddie Cochran alive for
ever.
Thank you. Graham F V Love.
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Photos prises le 17 avril dernier à Bell Garden par un ami exilé à Los
Angeles. Pas plus de six personnes, semble t-il (deux chicanos, un américain
d'une soixantaine d'années, un anglais, mon pote et sa femme américaine….),
se sont rendues sur la tombe de Cochran cette journée …
Gilles Vignal
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I visited Eddie, his Mom & Dad & Sharon Sheeley today
Easter Sunday 2009.
"WOW THAT WAS SOMETHING ELSE"
It was a perfect day
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Sharon rests at Eddies feet, his Mother lies just to the
left of Eddie and his Father just to the left of her...
Its a beautiful place to say the least.
You can truly feel their presence...
Eddie lives in my Heart as he does in many others.
Thanks,
Bobby "Crow" Richardson
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