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90 years on from ‘the war to end rail wars’... our towns fall silent
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CROWDS gather in Clithcroc for their Remembrance Service (B091108/2i)
-Story by Natalie Cox Pictures by Ben Parsons
REMEMBRANCE Sun day 2008 was a particular ly poignant occasion as it marked the 90th anniver
sary of Armistice Day. At war memorials across
the Ribble Valley acts of remembrance took place on the Sunday closest to November 11th - the date the Armistice was signed in 1918 ending the First World War. Following a service at
Clitheroe Parish Church, the Mayor of Clitheroe, Coun. David Berryman, joined other civic dignitaries, veter ans and members of the pub lic in a procession which took them to the war memorial in
the grounds of Clitheroe Cas tle where local people paid homage to the town’s war dead. Coun. Berryman, the
deputy Mayor of-Clitheroe Coun. Mary Robinson, and MP Nigel Evans were among those who laid wreaths after an act of remembrance which included the reading of the • Kohima Epitaph: . “When you go’ home tell
them of us and say, for their tomorrow, we gave our today.” Also read was Laurence
Binyon’s Exhortation: “They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor-the years condemn. At the going : down of the sun and in the morning, we. will remember them.”
• In Billington, the Mayor
of the Ribble Valley, Coun. John Hill was among those who laid wreaths at the vil lage war memorial.
•And at Rimington Memo
rial Institute, the annual serv ice of remembrance was led by. Mr Norman Fed ley and was'attended by members of
‘Chatburn and, ; District British Legion. ' Bible readings were given
by Mrs Julie Holland and' Coun. Richard Sherras before poppy, wreaths were laid on the memorial plaques by Mr
' Tom Hudson and Mr John Naylor. After Mr Naylor read the roll 'of honour, the ..“ Last
RIBBLE VALLEY MP Nigel Evans lays a wreath at Clitheroe’s service (B091108/21);;
with the National Anthem. • A large congregation
gathered in Gisburn Parish Church for a Remembrance Day service led by Mrs Joanne Hustwick.:-.;^ Following the church serv
ice, the congregation led by crucifer Matthew Smith, made their way to the village war memorial where the roll o f honour was read and wreaths laid by'PC P. Sutton and Coun. J. Falshaw.
• On Tuesday, at the 11th
hour of the 11th day, of the 11th month, a maroon sound ed in Clitheroe to mark the start of the National Pause to Remember in'tribute to those who have given their lives for
; the two-minute silence and Wars and in subsequent con- :,the moving service closed . flicts;
Post’’ was sounded to'signal-' their’country in both .'World ''- ’ r ■ ' ' . ,
■ TRIBUTES are paid at the war me^^ Village’s pride as their standard appeals before HM
• i MEMBERS of*:Hurst Green-RoyaPi- -' British Legion, togetherwith villagers, a
-■- were, especially proud last Saturday':-- f when Mr John Collinge, of Over Hack-v - ing Farm, paraded the branch's stan-;X- dard at the Royal Albert Hall, Lon-' : - - '
' don. ' .
overnight with the Lancashire standard bearer, he was at
, the hall for. rehearsals by 8 a.m; :He - : ' took part in .the;performance inHhe:.;i afternoon, which is open to the general Uv public by ticket/'and agai'n iri'thesi, - evening in'ithe presence ofi-HM'-TheKs;
” ^Queen,’ the-royaLfamilyiand^'th§^?; '.'’natipn's dignitaries. , * A, ‘ He was proudly,watched bj^’friend%
S^rDebbie,Cocker, his mother,Mrs MarieS'^v'rrf.m • . 'fecnlli’n vp and
‘he service in Hurst Green with Bags lowered at 11 a.m. (s)^ -•
They shall grow not old, as we
that are left grow old;
Age shall
not weary them, nor the years
condemn. At the
going down of the sun : and in thev morning
We will
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the village organisations. ^ : ^ Pictured is Mr Collinge;'
in.the foyer-s|
remember them.
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- left and right, Billington hon ours its war: - ■ dead
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WHALLEY fell silent on Remembrance Sunday to honour brave servicemen and women who had given their lives for the peace and freedom we enjoy today. Dozens of people from across the -village
attended the poignant service at Whalley Parish Church to remember those who had sacrificed their lives during the First and Sec ond World Wars. Organised by the Whalley and District
Royal British Legion, the ser-vice was fol lowed by a parade from Church Lane at approximately 11-45 a.m. for a wreath-lay
THE Mayor of Clithcroc lays a wreath at the remembrance service, above (B091108/2k) and below, Chalburn and district pays its own tribute (s)
THE Remembrance Day parade, left, makes its way through Clithcroc centre (B091108/2c)
ing service at the war memorial in Station ■ Road. A similar service took place in Billington,
when a parade left Billington Gardens and proceeded to the Billington War Memorial where a -wreath was laid. This was headed by the Accrington Pipe Band and the Black burn Sea Cadets. On Tuesday, Armistice Day, members of
the Whalley Royal British Legion, along with staff and children from Oakhill College, gathered at the war memorial and observed a two-minute silence.
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