Call for heat - Fan runs - pressure switch detects fan = OK - opens valve to pilot and ignites it - if pilot hot main gas valve opens. If pilot not hot system shuts off gas.
Your bolier thinks the pilot is not alight or the main gas valve is not opening.
See these URLs
http://www.howtomendit.com/answers.php?id=26383
and (with pictures)
http://kaijaks.co.uk/blog/nick/2008/02/10/dodgy-old-boiler
Peccavi
November 2008