Hyndburn has marked the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month with a two-minute silence.
Dignitaries joined the Royal British Legion to pause and reflect on the sacrifices of our servicemen and women from conflicts past and present outside Accrington Town Hall.
Residents are invited to the upcoming Remembrance Sunday events taking place right across the Borough on November 13.
* ACCRINGTON – There is a service at the cenotaph in Oakhill Park at 10.30am followed by a parade. There is also free transport leaving at 9.50am outside Accrington Town Hall.
* ALTHAM – There is a service at 10.15am at St James Church, Altham followed by the Act of Remembrance at the war memorial.
* CHURCH – The parade leaves at 10.30am from Bank Street. This will be followed by a service and wreath-laying at the war memorial in Gatty Park at 11am.
* Gt HARWOOD - Parade leaves at 10.30am from Town Gate to the war memorial in Memorial Park. At 10.50am there will be a service and wreath-laying at the war memorial.
* HUNCOAT – Assemble at the corner of Burnley Lane and Lowergate Road at 2.15pm for a procession to the war memorial for wreath-laying at 2.30pm.
* BAXENDEN – There will be a service at St John’s Church at 3pm.
* OSWALDTWISTLE – Meet at Thwaites Street at 2.10pm, ready for the parade along Union Road to the war memorial on Rhyddings Street for a combined service and laying of wreaths.
* CLAYTON-LE-MOORS – The Procession starts at 9.30am from the Civic Hall followed by a service at All Saints Church and wreath-laying at the memorial.
* RISHTON – The service starts at 9.45am at St Peter and St Pauls Church, followed by a parade to the war memorial at 10.30am.
Please be aware that there is likely to be some delays in traffic flow during the parades.
Motorists are asked in particular avoid Union Road, Oswaldtwistle between 2pm and 3.15pm, where a section of the road will be fully closed around the War Memorial during the service.
In his political column in this week’s Accrington Observer, Hyndburn council leader Coun Miles Parkinson reflected: “This year is a particularly poignant one, as it marks the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, where so many Accrington Pals lost their lives, leaving a whole community devastated.
Please support your local event if you can to salute our fallen heroes from the first and second world wars and all the conflicts since. We will remember them.”
If you are heading to a Remembrance parade or service this weekend, send your pictorial tributes to accringtonobserver@menmedia.co.uk and we will try to publish as many as we can.
