A LANTERN and candlelit procession through the town centre brought the weekend of Charter celebrations to an end.

The procession began at the Festival Hall at the Town Hall and ended at Bolton Parish Church, where a thanksgiving service for Bolton took place .

The Mayor and Mayoress then travelled around churches in several districts of Bolton.

They visited St Maxtentius Church, Bradshaw; St Stephen's, Kearsley; St Bartholomew's, Westhoughton; Holy Trinity Church, Horwich; St Katherine's Church, Blackrod; Trinity Methodist Church, Farnworth, and St Matthew's Church, Little Lever.