Silence fell over Macclesfield’s Market Place for Armistice Day.

The Mayor of Macclesfield Alift Harewood-Jones led the service outside the town hall, flanked by MP David Rutley, members of the Royal British Legion and Macclesfield Town Council.

Then heralded by a volley of rifles, there were two minutes of silence followed by a stirring version of The Last Post on bugle.

Shoppers stopped in silent reflection and workers left their offices to join in the mark of respect.

More than 60 year four pupils from Puss Bank Primary School, youngsters from Ash Grove primary’s school council and representatives from Beech Hall School were also there to pay their respects.

Ahead of the service Mayor Harewood-Jones said: “It is wonderful to see so many people here, especially so many children.”

Every year at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month we remember the end of the First World War and all who gave their lives then and since.

A Remembrance concert in aid of the Poppy Appeal, with Macclesfield Male Voice Choir, will take place at the Methodist Church tonight at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £8 from the Royal British Legion on Chestergate or on the door.

There will also be Remembrance parades on Sunday.

In Macclesfield it will march through the town centre before a wreath is laid at the Cenotaph. The parade will assemble at the rear of the Town Hall Offices at 10.15am and march to the Cenotaph at Park Green in time for two minutes’ silence at 11am.

The wreath-laying ceremony will be followed by the Service of Remembrance. At the end of the Service, the procession will re-form and march back, past the front of the Town Hall where the Mayor will take the Salute. Everyone is welcome to gather at the Cenotaph at Park Green for the Service.

Bollington’s Remembrance Parade will also take place on Sunday, with a special concert in the evening.

The parade, led by Bollington Brass Band, will leave Bollington Recreation Ground at 10.35am for a service at the memorial gardens at 10.55am.

At 7pm there will be performances from Bollington Brass Band and Whaley Bridge Male Voice Choir at the Methodist Church. Tickets available from Bollington Town Hall priced £10.