Clitheroe residents pay respects to the Fallen on Remembrance Sunday
The service at the war memorial was live-streamed by Event Tech on the Town Council Facebook page for those who were unable to attend in person, with many organisations in Clitheroe laying wreaths on behalf of their groups.
Clitheroe people gathered to pay their respects to the Fallen on Remembrance Sunday.
The Mayor Coun. Mary Robinson and the Mayoress, Helen Guiver, led the tributes and the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire was represented at the ecommemorations by Mr Edwin Booth OBE.
A first parade, led by Mr Duncan Phillips and Clitheroe Town Band, was followed by a Remembrance Sunday service in St Mary’s Church, conducted by Rev Paul Sherwood. A second parade after the church service was to the war memorial where many more residents had gathered to pay their respects.
A short service at the war memorial, led by Rev Sam Cheesman, included The Exhortation read by Mrs Sharon Schofield before the reply by Ms Ella-Jade Garner-Jeffries and the Kohima epitaph read by Rev Cheesman. The Last Post was played by Donna Briggs of Clitheroe Town Band followed by the two minutes’ silence.
Wreaths were laid on behalf of many organisations in Clitheroe. The service at the war memorial was live-streamed by Event Tech on the Town Council Facebook page for those who were unable to attend in person.