DOZENS of churches and war memorials will be hosting services tomorrow on the Sunday closest to the national November 11 Remembrance Day.

To mark this special day we are taking a look at Mail Archive pictures of parades and other events held to commemorate the wartime sacrifice of men and women from our town and village communities.

The Mail, on Thursday, November 12, in 1992, noted:"More than 200 Roose pupils and parents gathered yesterday morning to pay respects to the war dead in their annual Remembrance Day service.

"As Roose Primary School's restored war memorial clock reached the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month they sat and stood in silence as they gave special remembrance to members of their community who gave their lives for their country.

"The school clock was restored by VSEL worker Dave Burns in 1989 since when their own Remembrance Day service had become a very special annual event in the school.

"On the tablet commemorating the dead were were the names of William Brockbank, James Iddon, Julius Lewis, Harold Mawson, John Nicholls, Victor Simmons, William Todd and Albert Wilson.

"And watching on was the nine-year-old descendant of one of the dead, year six pupil Russell Mawson.

"The service was conducted by Father Gerald Dunn, of Sacred Heart Church, Barrow.

"Children sang hymns and read the poem Flanders Field.

"Afterwards, to lighten the atmosphere for the children, pupils sang songs from the two world wars: Tipperary, Pack up your Troubles, Quartermaster's Stores and Goodbye."

Headmaster David Fellows said: "Roose has still got a real community feeling."

Among parades being held tomorrow include that at Barrow,which starts from the Town Square at 10.30am and heads for the Barrow Public Park Cenotaph for a service starting at 10.56am.

In Dalton there is a service at St Mary's Church from10am, followed by a procession from the Market Place to the town's war memorial, near the railway station.

In Millom, a parade will leave the Pensioner's Hall at9.35am for a 10am service at St George's Church, followed by a parade to the war memorial, facing the railway station, for a wreath-laying ceremony.