Published on Sunday 11 November 2018 at 2:19 pm
Hundreds remembered the fallen 100 years after end of World War One at two special Remembrance Services in the borough.
Filed under: 100 years | Blackburn Cathedral | Darwen Town Hall | Remembrance Service | World War One Commemorations
Published on Thursday 8 November 2018 at 3:34 pm
Special services and events are being held to commemorate the historic 100th anniversary of the end of World War One.
Filed under: Blackburn | Darwen | remembrance | World War One Commemorations
Published on Wednesday 7 November 2018 at 9:03 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council is playing its part in Battle’s Over, an international commemoration marking 100 years since the guns fell silent at the end of World War One.
Filed under: 100 years | Battle's Over | beacons | Blackburn Cathedral | Darwen Heritage Centre | remembrance | World War One Commemorations
Published on Monday 5 November 2018 at 1:36 pm
A special Remembrance Concert is being held in Blackburn to mark the 100 years since the Armistice was signed.
Filed under: King George's Hall | Mayor of Blackburn | Remembrance Concert | World War One Commemorations
Published on Wednesday 24 October 2018 at 1:51 pm
Everyone across the borough is invited to help commemorate the historic anniversary of the end of World War One.
Filed under: Blackburn | Darwen | Remembrance events | Remembrance Sunday | World War One Commemorations
Published on Monday 23 April 2018 at 3:34 pm
The Blackburn World War One soldiers were awarded the Victoria Cross for their bravery in battle and were remembered as two plaques were unveiled at Blackburn Town Hall.
Filed under: Blackburn Town Hall | VC Plaque | Victoria Cross | World War One Commemorations
Published on Thursday 19 April 2018 at 10:27 am
Two brave Blackburn World War One heroes will be remembered in a special ceremony in April.
Filed under: Blackburn Town Hall | Councillor | Mohammed Khan | Victoria Cross | World War One Commemorations
Published on Wednesday 29 June 2016 at 10:10 am
This Friday (July 1) a two minute silence will be announced on the steps of Blackburn Town Hall at 07.28 am to mark the moment that many men went over the top 100 years ago at the Battle of the Somme.
Filed under: World War One Commemorations
Published on Friday 19 December 2014 at 12:28 pm
Belmont Primary School has marked the centenary of the First World War, recording a song which commemorates the Christmas Day truce of 1914.
Filed under: Belmont | Belmont Primary School | schools | Soundcloud | World War One Commemorations
Published on Tuesday 11 November 2014 at 4:46 pm
Blackburn with Darwen fell silent for Remembrance services across the borough.
On Tuesday November 11, Services were held at Blackburn and Darwen Town Halls led by the Royal British Legion.
Filed under: Remembrance Day | Remembrance Sunday | World War One Commemorations
Published on Monday 10 November 2014 at 6:51 pm
A church within Lower Darwen will be hosting a number of events all this week to commemorate and remember the First World War.
Filed under: Lower Darwen | St James Church | World War One Commemorations
Published on Friday 7 November 2014 at 12:03 pm
A Blackburn primary school has been commemorating the centenary of the First World War, with plans to mark Remembrance Day with a commemorative wreath of poppies.
Published on Wednesday 22 October 2014 at 3:03 pm
Remembrance services are being held around the borough in November to commemorate the lives lost in the two world wars and other conflicts.
Filed under: Bold Venture Park | Corporation Park | Hoddlesden | Remembrance Sunday | World War One Commemorations
Published on Wednesday 15 October 2014 at 12:24 pm
Blackburn West Shared Neighbourhood Team are working with Witton Park Academy to mark this year’s Remembrance day by creating Blackburn’s biggest poppy.
Filed under: Councillor | Kate Hollern | Leader | Witton Park school | World War One Commemorations
Published on Monday 13 October 2014 at 9:31 am
A plaque remembering those who died in the First World War has been unveiled at Bank Top Community Centre.
Filed under: Councillor | Kate Hollern | Wensley and French Road Friends | World War One Commemorations
Published on Wednesday 13 August 2014 at 12:08 pm
Residents gathered together to learn about what life was like during the First World War, with talks, music and memorabilia, after receiving First World War Your Call grant funding.
Filed under: Intack | Neighbourhoods | Soundcloud | Steve Irwin | Volunteers | Whitebirk | World War One Commemorations | Your Call
Published on Friday 8 August 2014 at 3:12 pm
At the beginning of the First World War, there was a large influx of refugees leaving the fighting in Belgium, and the borough played a large role, taking in many refugees fleeing the battlefields in Belgium.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | Soundcloud | Steven Irwin | World War One Commemorations
Published on Thursday 7 August 2014 at 5:03 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Library and Information Service celebrates £10,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant
Blackburn with Darwen Library and Information Serivce has been awarded a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) ‘First World War: Then and Now’ grant.
Published on Wednesday 6 August 2014 at 4:23 pm
Dozens of residents joined with the friends of French Road community group to remember the sacrifices their community made 100 years ago.
Filed under: French Road | Wensley Fold | World War One Commemorations | Your Call
Published on Wednesday 6 August 2014 at 1:44 pm
A hundred years ago this week Sir Edward Grey, British Foreign Secretary in 1914, returned to his chambers in the Foreign Office and lamented “The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our life”.
Filed under: Alan Cottam | commemoration | Corporation Park | Darwen | Harry Catherall | Lights Out | mayor | Soundcloud | Trevor Maxfield | World War One Commemorations
Published on Tuesday 5 August 2014 at 3:58 pm
A letter written by a professional soldier, George Newsholme from Darwen, at the outbreak of the First World War, gives a real insight into the mood at the time, and the mood as Britain entered the conflict.
Filed under: commemoration | Darwen | Podcast | Soldier | Soundcloud | World War One Commemorations
Published on Monday 4 August 2014 at 4:05 pm
Friends of Blackburn Old Cemetery held a ceremony, commemorating the First World War, on Sunday August 3.
Published on Monday 4 August 2014 at 2:03 pm
On the centenary of Britain entering the First World War on August 4 1914, a new podcast looks back at the experiences within the borough as war was declared.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | commemoration | Culture | history | museum | Soundcloud | Steve Irwin | World War One Commemorations
Published on Friday 1 August 2014 at 3:34 pm
Ewood Park’s Blues Bar hosted a community day of events, to commemorate the First World War, bringing together residents and community groups in a themed event to mark the centenary of the conflict.
Filed under: Alan Cottam | commemoration | community | Councillor | Maureen Bateson | mayor | Soundcloud | World War One Commemorations | Your Call
Published on Thursday 31 July 2014 at 1:47 pm
Next week, sees the start of the borough’s four year programme of events to commemorate the centenary on the First World War.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | Vinai Solanki | World War One Commemorations
Published on Monday 28 July 2014 at 4:48 pm
The Friends of Blackburn Old Cemetery invite all residents to join with them to commemorate the First World War.
Published on Monday 14 July 2014 at 1:45 pm
Blackburn with Darwen will take part in the national ‘Lights Out’ event, where lights across Britain will be turned out, to mark the centenary of Great Britain entering the First World War.
Filed under: Bold Venture Park | Corporation Park | Councillor | Darwen | Darwen Town Hall | Kate Hollern | Lights Out | Trevor Maxfield | World War One Commemorations
Published on Wednesday 9 July 2014 at 3:59 pm
Any community or volunteer group who are holding an event to commemorate the centenary of the First World War are encouraged to get in touch with Blackburn with Darwen Council so they can be added to the list of events.
Filed under: Alan Cottam | commemoration | community | Councillor | events | Kate Hollern | Leader | mayor | World War One Commemorations
Published on Tuesday 8 July 2014 at 4:41 pm
Earlier this year the Council’s Your Call scheme made small grants of up to £200 available to groups to help them remember the sacrifices made by their communities 100 years ago.
Filed under: Councillor | Kate Hollern | World War One Commemorations | ww1 | Your Call
Published on Wednesday 25 June 2014 at 4:06 pm
A flowering display to commemorate the centenary of World War One has been planted in Corporation Park.
Filed under: Corporation Park | Councillor | Jim Smith | World War One Commemorations
Published on Monday 14 April 2014 at 4:54 pm
Heritage Lottery Fund can provide funding to help groups, communities and organisations to explore, conserve and share heritage of the First World War, from memorials, buildings and sites, photographs, letters and literature.
Filed under: World War One Commemorations
Published on Tuesday 25 March 2014 at 12:36 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council will receive three paving stones, to commemorate each recipients of the Victoria Cross within the borough during the First World War.
Filed under: Armed Forces | commemoration | graves | memorial | Trevor Maxfield | Veterans | Victoria Cross | World War One Commemorations
Published on Wednesday 19 March 2014 at 3:36 pm
2014 marks the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War. To commemorate this, the leader of the Council is launching a campaign to get residents across Blackburn and Darwen planting poppy seeds in across the borough.
Filed under: Councillor | Kate Hollern | poppy | World War One Commemorations
Published on Wednesday 12 March 2014 at 5:35 pm
Brave WW1 soldiers from Blackburn with Darwen who died in the conflict could be honoured with a new memorial – with your help.
Filed under: Corporation Park | Councillor | Kate Hollern | war | World War One Commemorations
Published on Wednesday 5 February 2014 at 12:03 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Youth Justice Service has adopted the grave of a World War 1 soldier, which will be maintained and looked after by young people who the service is helping to rehabilitate. Based in Darwen Cemetery, the young people involved in the project have gained knowledge about the young soldier, whilst helping to maintain his grave and keep the surrounding area tidy.Filed under: Darwen | military | World War One Commemorations | youth service
