Hundreds of people are expected today to attend the "pink" funeral of Skipton teenager Sarah Woolmer, the girl who brought sunshine to people's lives.

Family and friends - including her mother Gaynor, father Ian, step-father Richard Harrison and elder brother Robert - were due to gather to say farewell to the 19-year-old who always had a smile on her face.

The Leeds University student, of Wensleydale Avenue, Skipton, died with her 18-year-old friend Larissa Moore, of Jubilee Close, Skipton, when their car plunged into the Leeds-Liverpool canal.

She lived by the motto: "Never frown because you never know who is falling in love with your smile."

The Skipton Christchurch funeral service at noon today is expected to be a mass of pink. That was the colour that reflected Sarah's personality and pet name, Barbie.

And pink will be the theme at Sarah's wake at the Rendezvous Hotel at Snaygill, this afternoon.

It will be pink again at Rooder nightclub, Snaygill - where Sarah was a popular face - on Sunday April 27 where family and friends will be holding an invitation-only fundraising party in aid of Martin House hospice.

Staff at Rackhams in Skipton High Street, where she had worked part-time for about 18 months, held a minute's silence in memory of Sarah on Saturday morning.

Her 21-year-old "best friend" Harriet Heathcote, who manages Country Casuals at the store, has compiled a book of remembrance which has been filling with photographs and messages from friends.

She said: "I thought it would be somewhere people could put their memories of her. She was such a lovely, bubbly person and I thought it would be better than a book of condolence. It is packed with comments and people's personal thoughts and memories of her and I will be giving it to her parents.

"It was something I wanted to do. She was my best friend - we were like sisters. We spoke every day and she never said goodbye but that she loved me."

There are different pages, which reflect her personality, including her pet names Polly Pocket and Barbie: "She was called that because of her big blue eyes and personality.

"She was known to her family as Sarah Sunshine because, when she was little, her face lit up when she smiled."

Flowers continue to be placed at the scene of the accident, Niffany Bridge in Broughton Road, Skipton, next to the Leeds-Liverpool canal. Police are calling on people to help piece together the final movements of the two young women who died when their green Peugeot 206 crashed through metal railings.

They are known to have been heading away from Skipton with Sarah at the wheel on Monday night last week. The submerged car was discovered on its roof in the canal the following morning.

Sergeant Ian Pope said: "It is vital we piece together the girls' movements before the collision. We need to speak to anyone who may have seen the girls or spoken to them. We would also like to speak to anyone who may have seen the car before the accident."

The inquest into the tragedy was opened in Harrogate on Thursday and adjourned for further inquiries.

Larissa's funeral service is to take place at Waltonwrays in Carleton Road, Skipton, on Monday.

Investigations at the scene have been taking place by both the police and North Yorkshire County Council.

Chris Craven, of the county council highways department, said recommendations could be made following the outcome of the inquest into the deaths of the two girls.

There are no pre-existing plans to make changes to road markings or signs and there had been no record of accidents within 200 metres of the accident site in the last five years, he said.

Anyone with information should call Traffic Constable Mark Tiffany at Skipton police station on 0845 6060247, ext 3726.