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GreenRock 2014 will get Colne Grooving!
COLNE Town Council is extending the music vibe that is sure to suffuse Colne during the 25th Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival by staging its popular GreenRock Concert the following weekend, on Saturday 30th August. Held on Colne’s Millennium Green, off Shaw...
Colne Commemorates wins Plaudits from the Town
COLNE Commemorates the Great War last Saturday attracted huge crowds, despite rotten weather. Chair of the Town Council Events Committee, Cllr. Dorothy Lord, enthused: “The response has been rapturous. I was quite overwhelmed on Saturday night. Everyone pulled...
Colne Commemorates will be Colne Town Council’s Biggest Ever Event
COLNE Commemorates the Great War on Saturday, August, 2nd will be the biggest event Colne Town Council has ever staged. Four East Lancashire mayors and their retinues will be attending and organisers are predicting that Colne will be drawing visitors from all over the...
Colne’s Mascots Appointed for Colne Commemorates the Great War
COLNE Town Council has appointed two sisters as its mascots for the 1914 Photographer’s Studio for its Colne Commemorates the Great War on 2nd August. They are North Street girls, Lilly (6) and Summer (4) Machin. Both attend Lord Street Primary. Reproduction...
Colne Commemorates Posters Cause Panic
“The 320 1914 posters which are now in most shops and pubs in central Colne are giving the town a really authentic vibe”, said Dorothy Lord, Chair of the Colne Town Council Events Committee. “In fact, we have heard from both the Police and our MP that some people have...
Colne Recruitment Events Schedule Released
The Colne Commemorates Co-ordinator, Eleanor Jolley, has released details of the Recruitment Events which are to be scheduled hourly at The Gables (Old Library, behind the War Memorial) from noon. “The idea is to recreate an authentic Recruitment Hall,” explained...
1914 Posters Appear all Over Colne Town Centre
1914 Posters Appear all Over Colne Town Centre CENTURY old posters have mysteriously appeared all over Colne Town Centre thisweek. Two shops in the Precinct have been plastered with posters from top to bottom. The reproductions of original recruitment posts range from...
Colne Town Council’s Mascot Quest
PRIOR to Colne’s biggest event in recent years on 2nd August, the Town Council has launched a search for children who will be mascots on the day. 2nd August is the date for Colne Commemorates 1914 and the mascots are needed for the recreation of the period...
Send us your Photos of Colne!
Colne and its surrounding areas has more than its fair share of beauty spots, historic buildings, urban hideaways and suburban landscapes, and we are sure that there are many amateur photographers out there that have managed captured these local views. If you have any...