ST Mary’s Catholic Church in Horwich remembered the 33 men of the parish who were killed in the First World War with an exhibition.
Displays included photographs, letters and other information about men like brothers Stephen, Thomas and Martin Warren who were killed in three consecutive years of the war The vestments and field communion set of Father Bullock, a Catholic priest from Horwich, who was on the front line with the troops, also featured, along with a drumhead altar which would have been used to celebrate mass.
Remembrance Day in Horwich. Picture by Gary Taylor
Westhoughton Local History Group also commemorated The Armistice with an exhibition at the library. Titled Westhoughton in the Wake of World War I.
It paid tribute to the 221 men from Westhoughton who lost their lives in the Great War, as well as listing many of those from the town who ‘served but survived’, including the names of many who were taken as Prisoners of War.
A collection of photographs shows shops and businesses in Market Street, as they appeared 100 years ago.
The exhibition can be viewed until the end of the year.
Poppy display at Barrow Bridge Mission. Picture by Paul Matthews
Here we also feature other Remembrance commemoration pictures sent in to The Bolton News from around the borough including a video from Little Lever by Shaun Welsby.
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