Darwen Town Hall, remembrance day service.
DARWEN’S commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War will start at 6am on November 11 as lone piper plays ‘Battles Over’ and other laments at the town’s Heritage Centre
At 6.40pm Gordon Smith will take up his bagpipes again to lead a walk from Heritage Centre to Darwen Town Hall before at 7pm a centenary remembrance beacon is lit by Cllr Roy Davies, Mayor of the town council.
At 7.05pm the bells of St. Peters Church will ring 1302 times (once for each Darwen resident who died in the conflict).
The ceremony will end at 7.25pm after a prayer of peace and the singing of 'Abide with me' led by Darwen Unity Choir and the presentation of a book of honour produced by town historian Tony Foster.
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