EURO 2000 kicked off in Burnley in style as the annual King Cotton carnival scored a great success with crowds in the town centre.
Community groups were invited to create colourful banners and flags representing their favourite teams in the soccer tournament.
A procession set off from the Inn on the Wharf, along Manchester Road, to the bandstand in the centre where the entertainment lasted through the afternoon.
Not surprisingly England's colours were the favourite but the junior craft group based at the Mechanics Theatre made costumes based on plant pots of tulips to represent Holland.
Groups from Piccadilly Community Centre, Kibble Bank and Stoneyholme and Daneshouse took part in the procession.
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