Chippenham
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Chippenham is a market town and civil parish in north-west Wiltshire, England. It lies 13 miles north-east of Bath, 86 miles west of London and is near the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
St Andrew's Church, Chippenham
The Buttercross today
Town arms from 1776 on the Yelde Hall
Chippenham Town Hall
Eddie Cochran
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Edward Ray Cochran was an American rock and roll musician. His songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody" and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desire
Chippenham
…Automation Group; the brakes business was taken over by the German company Knorr-Bremse, and is in nearby Melksham. On 17 April 1960, American singers Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent, and songwriter Sharon Sheeley, were involved in a car crash in Chippenham at Rowden Hill. Cochran died as a result of his injuries…
Cochran in 1958
The Cochran Brothers
Billboard advertisement, December 15, 1958
Eddie Cochran Memorial, Rowden Hill, Chippenham