Linda Nolan’s sister says funeral was very sad but also joyous

The sister of Linda Nolan says the late Irish singer’s funeral was “very emotional, very sad, but on the other hand it was kind of joyous”.

Her family said goodbye to her on Saturday with a service at St Paul’s Church in Blackpool, with fans lining the streets outside as Nolan’s pink sparkly coffin was brought in.

With her sisters Denise, Coleen, Bernie, Maureen and Anne, Nolan was part of the pop group The Nolans, recording hits like Gotta Pull Myself Together and I’m In The Mood For Dancing in the late 70s and early 80s.

Anne told ITV’s Good Morning Britain that Nolan “would have loved her funeral”, and said if “she could have arranged it herself, she would have arranged it like that”.

When asked about the memorial being open to anyone to come, she said: “That’s what Linda wanted. We were doing it for her really.

“It was really strange because on the way to the church in the funeral cars, as we arrived there was loads, hundreds of people outside…

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