Flags of Hatton’s beloved Man City flying outside the pubposted at 09:45 BST
Johnny Humphries
bbc news
Manchester City flags in memory of Hatton fly in front of the pub where the funeral procession will begin its journey.
The procession will leave The Cheshire Cheese in Hyde at 09:45.
Vanessa Stansfield, pictured right with her friend Emily, has been selling blue flags all week and proceeds will be donated to mental health charity Men’s Club.
She said: “He was a great boxer, an icon, an inspiration to millions of people, but to us he was just a local boy who had time for everyone.”
Phil Benson, pictured left with Kevin Burton, who works at the Cheshire Cheese pub, said Hatton always stayed “true to his roots”.
“As I got older, the same age as Ricky, he was my idol, a real boxer, a real boy, he succeeded and he never changed,” he said.
“That’s why everyone loved him. He was just down to earth.”
He added that he was “his favorite boxer of all time.”
