Buddies from across the world can tune in to the Glen Cinema commemoration service being held online today to remember the 71 children who perished in the disaster.
The annual service will be held online instead of at the cenotaph due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Organisers the Paisley Community Trust (PCT) will broadcast a service at 11am today to mark the 91st year since the Paisley tragedy.
The service has been filmed at the Glen Cinema memorial in Hawkhead Cemetery and Paisley Abbey.
Paisley poet Fred McNeill will recite his poem Children of The Glen and Paisley singers and songwriters Carol Laula and Tom Urie will sing ‘Hush Now, Happy New Year’, a song they were commissioned to write as part of the 90th anniversary, followed by a prayer from Reverend Jim Gibson of Paisley Abbey.
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Tony Lawler, from PCT, has led the annual commemoration service since 2009.
He said: “Covid-19 will not stop us, but we have to keep people safe, which is why we have moved online for the official commemoration service this year.
“It is really important that we continue to remember the 71 kids that died on that tragic day.
“It’s our opportunity, both as individuals and, as a community, to offer our condolences to their families and loved ones.
“It is also an opportunity to show our continued support to the survivors and their families.”
The online broadcast will take place at 11am today and can be watched by going to the Paisley Community Trust Facebook page at www.facebook.com/paisleytrust/
