Remembrance Day service at St Mary's
- Sunday, November 09 2008 @ 06:17 pm UTC
- Contributed by: Paul Steed
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The parish church of St Mary's was filled when the village joined together to commemorate Remembrance Sunday. Led by the church choir and uniformed youth groups and villagers walked from the Parish Hall to the church where the service was conducted by Reader David Palmer. Lessons were read by AVM Donald Attlee and David Bawler, Hon Poppy Appeal Organiser with the poem 'In Flanders Field' read by Brownie, Cheyenne Jordan. The choir sang the anthem "We Will Remember Them"The two minutes silence was observed at the War Memorial where wreaths were laid on behalf of the Parish Council, Scouts, Cubs and Brownies with a cross being laid by veteran Tom Humphries
Some members of 1st Hemyock Scout Group at the parish hall prior to the parade
L-R Megan Barter, Sam Kingdom, Joe Lyon, Jasmine Jordan and Sam Allen
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Janice Bawler