Lancaster Pride: Hundreds attend city centre parade
Local organisations and members of the emergency services also attended the event.Neil, from the Lancashire rugby union club Typhoons, said: "To see a place like Lancaster - a bit of a smaller city - have so many people come out in support means the world to us."He added that it helped "people who are really struggling at the moment".
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