Published on October 31, 2019 at 9:40 am
Rossendale will play host to Remembrance Day activity taking place up and down the Valley.
The series of events will start with a concert in Bacup on Sunday, November 3.
Acre Mill Baptist Church on Hammond Avenue will play host to the concert, which starts at 2:30pm. It will feature the Rossendale Male Voice Choir and the Stacksteads Band.
Filed under: alyson barnes | remembrance | remembrance Sunday
Published on October 25, 2019 at 11:45 am
A moving Remembrance concert will be taking place in Bacup on Sunday, November 3rd.
The Festival of Remembrance Concert event will take place at Acre Mill Baptist Church on Hammond Avenue, starting at 2.30pm.
It will feature the Rossendale Male Voice Choir and the Stacksteads Band.
Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
Filed under: Bacup | Poppy Appeal | concert | remembrance
Published on November 12, 2018 at 5:26 pm
The leader of Rossendale Council has praised the community spirit in the borough as hundreds of people gathered at services to remember the fallen.
Events were held across Rossendale to commemorate Remembrance Sunday and mark the centenary of the end of the First World War.
Councillor Alyson Barnes said:
“Lots of people and community groups have been involved in making sure the borough’s events to mark this important occasion ran smoothly.
Filed under: 100years | Councillor Alyson Barnes | armistice day | remembrance | remembrance Sunday
Published on November 7, 2018 at 11:08 am
Beacons will be lit in Rossendale to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
The beacons at Rawtenstall Cemetery and on the hillside at Whitworth are among more than 1,000 which will be lit around the country at 7pm on November 11.
They symbolise the end of the darkness of war and the return to the light of peace, and are part of the national Battle’s Over commemorations.
Filed under: Councillor Alyson Barnes | First Word War | remembrance
Published on November 9, 2017 at 10:30 am
Rossendale will come together to salute the nation’s war heroes during this year’s Remembrance commemorations.
Several events will take place across the borough to remember those who made sacrifices to defend the country.
You can get all the details of events here.
There will also be a Festival of Remembrance Event on November 5 at St Mary’s Church in Rawtenstall on November 5.
Filed under: mayor | remembrance | remembrance Sunday
Published on October 20, 2016 at 3:51 pm
Rossendale will be playing host to various Remembrance services up and down the Valley.
The series of Remembrance events start with an uplifting concert organised by Rossendale Council at St Peter’s Church, Haslingden at 2pm on Sunday November 6th.
Everyone is welcome to this free concert will feature music from The Haslingden Concert Ban and The Veterans in Communities Singing Group and aims not only to Remember fallen heroes but to also raise money for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.
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