"At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them", were the words which brought a 94-year-old war veteran and young uniformed cadets together at the Garden of Remembrance service, at 11am, in the Town Hall Square, Keighley, yesterday.

The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Val Binney, was at the ceremony, joined by Keighley Town Mayor Cllr Tony Wright.

Standing alongside them were the president and chairman of the Keighley branch of the Royal British Legion, town councillors, Legion stalwarts and members of the public. Commanders of sea and army cadet forces were in attendance and two young standard bearers carried the flags.

The Rev Peter Mott, of Keighley Shared Church, led the service and called for "all people to live in peace" and remembered with "thanksgiving and sorrow all those whose lives have been given and taken away". Silence filled the square between the sounding of The Last Post and the Reveille.

The Lord Mayor was then invited to place a cross in the garden. One by one people stepped forward to place their crosses and pay respect to those who sacrificed their lives in war. The oldest member of the parade, Albert Joyner, 94, of Stockbridge, who joined the Royal Marines, aged 19, in 1930, said: "I had a few near misses, but I had a lucky star when I served in Norway."

Full details of services in the area Page 32.

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