CHORLEY wore its poppies with pride at the weekend, as the borough paused to remember its war dead.

Rockets were fired from Chorley Town Hall on Saturday at 11am to mark Armistice Day. And sombre tributes to the fallen of the two world wars and other conflicts, at home and abroad, were made across the borough on Remembrance Sunday.

The town's Sunday parade -- led by Chorley Silver Band -- set out from the Town Hall at 9.30am and made its way to St Laurence's church for the Remembrance service.

Many organisations were present -- including the Royal British Legion, Chorley Unit Sea Cadets, Lancashire Fire and Rescue, St John Ambulance and the Chorley Boys and Girls Brigades.

The mayor's party -- including Mayor and Mayoress Councillor and Mrs Tom McGowan, Chorley MP Lindsay Hoyle, Chorley chief executive Jeff Davies and council members -- was led by a band from the 92 Chorley Air Training Corps.

After the service, the parade made its way to the Astley Park Cenotaph to observe two minutes silence at 11am and quietly lay poppy wreaths.

Across the area similar tributes were being paid, including an Armistice Day commemoration at St John's Church, Park Road, Coppull, on Saturday, attended by Coppull Royal British Legion, members of The Black Watch Regiment and Coppull residents. SILENT tribute: Cadets stand quietly at the Cenotaph in Astley Park