Great Harwood Town Gate including the Mercer Clock has had a refurbishment recently costing thousands of pounds.
Each year on St Lawrence Day – August 21st – the “Crying of the Fair” is proclaimed on the Towngate.
This maintains a tradition started in 1338 when Adam Nowell was awarded Charter rights for Great Harwood after fighting on the side of Edward III in Scotland.
The Great Harwood Branch of the Royal British Legion held a short Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in the Memorial Park to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of WW1 and then everyone paraded down Church Street to Towngate, singing war-time songs.
Following the parade to Towngate the Civic Society’s annual Charity Market took place on the newly refurbished Square.
Soroptimists ran a Chocolate Tombola and raised another £100 for Child Action North West.
