Remembrance Sunday is always a significant and important event in the civic calendar and it is a time when everyone has the opportunity of remembering those who have given their lives in the two World Wars and in more recent conflicts throughout the world.
As is usual for this event, Councillors in their robes and invited guests, including officers from the armed forces both regular and reserves, the emergency services and other organisations all assembled in the Council Chamber at around 10 a.m. We always rely on Dave Stubbs, the Town Marshall to get the procession in the correct order and this he did and we moved sedately out of the Town Hall and up Northbrook Street to the saluting dais. We waited for the parade to march down from the Clock Tower with crowds of people lining the street. The President of the Royal British Legion and the Commanding Officer of the Royal Engineers at Hermitage and I jointly took the salute. It was heart warming to see so many youngsters taking part in the parade and indeed in the crowds of people lining the pavements.
We then moved to the War Memorial for a short memorial service which included the two minutes silence. After this service, we moved to St Nicolas Church preceded by the Royal British Legion standard bearers. The church service was led by the Rector, The Rev David Stone and it was good to see that the church was full to remember those who had given their lives for their country. After the service, we processed back to the Town Hall where I thanked all those responsible for the parade and church services. The Royal British Legion had invited everyone back to their premises for refreshments which many of us did.It was a memorable morning and fortunately the weather was kind to us, which made a change
As is usual for this event, Councillors in their robes and invited guests, including officers from the armed forces both regular and reserves, the emergency services and other organisations all assembled in the Council Chamber at around 10 a.m. We always rely on Dave Stubbs, the Town Marshall to get the procession in the correct order and this he did and we moved sedately out of the Town Hall and up Northbrook Street to the saluting dais. We waited for the parade to march down from the Clock Tower with crowds of people lining the street. The President of the Royal British Legion and the Commanding Officer of the Royal Engineers at Hermitage and I jointly took the salute. It was heart warming to see so many youngsters taking part in the parade and indeed in the crowds of people lining the pavements.
We then moved to the War Memorial for a short memorial service which included the two minutes silence. After this service, we moved to St Nicolas Church preceded by the Royal British Legion standard bearers. The church service was led by the Rector, The Rev David Stone and it was good to see that the church was full to remember those who had given their lives for their country. After the service, we processed back to the Town Hall where I thanked all those responsible for the parade and church services. The Royal British Legion had invited everyone back to their premises for refreshments which many of us did.It was a memorable morning and fortunately the weather was kind to us, which made a change
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