The Mayor of Burnley and the Chief Executive, Mr Brian Whittle, at the centre of a line of civic dignitaries.

A moving service on Burnley's Day of Remembrance was conducted on Sunday by the Bishop of Burnley, the Rt Rev. R. C. C. Watson, and the Mayor's Chaplain, Canon F. Deeney. The wisdom of barring traffic from the central library area near the war memorial was observed by the 250 townspeople, including ex-Service men and civic dignitaries, who gathered to pay their respects.

The smartly dressed ex-Service men and other uniformed organisations, together with the civic party, formed a dignified square round the standard bearers in front of the memorial. Burnley Sea Cadets provided a guard of honour, and sounded the Last Post and Reveille, which echoed round the town on the crisp but clear morning air. The town's leading clergymen led the congregation through the service and to the National Anthem, before the organisations laid their wreaths, led by the Mayor of Burnley. The group then filed away via Red Lion Street, into Parker Lane, where Commander G. D. H. Sample took the salute.