A PLAQUE to commemorate the visit of Winston Churchill to an East Lancashire pub 99 years ago has been unveiled.
A young Churchill, then a war correspondent, stayed at The Commercial Hotel, Haslingden, while visiting the town to open the Volunteer's Bazaar at Haslingden Public Hall on September 27, 1900.
The Action for Haslingden Partnership provided financial backing for the blue plaque which has been written by local historian Chris Aspin and unveiled at a ceremony by the Mayor of Rossendale Coun Alan Neal.
Landlord of the Commercial, David Thompson, said: "It seems right to mark the visit of such a prominent man of this century".
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