The event, organised by curriculum Leader of Performing Arts Renia Pagliuca, brought together veterans, community members, cadets and current service personnel to remember and reflect on the sacrifices made during wartime.

Veterans and members of the community joined cadets and current service personnel for an ‘Afternoon of Remembrance’ at a Burnley school.

The event was the fourth of its kind hosted at Blessed Trinity RC College and organised by curriculum Leader of Performing Arts Renia Pagliuca.

Guests enjoyed coffee and cakes and the choir performed wartime songs such as ‘Pack Up Your Troubles,’ ‘It’s a Long Way to Tipperary’, ‘White Cliffs of Dover’ and ‘We’ll Meet Again.”

The school band, run by Richard Hartnell, played some wartime swing, while assistant head and music teacher Mark Snowden performed The Last Post.

Year nine student Noah Smith delighted the guests with a George Formby medley.

Mrs Pagliuca said: “We are always excited to hold this event and it means a lot to us. For our pupils, it’s about understanding the stories and meeting real people behind the poppy and it brings remembrance to life.”