photo copyright A Eglin Nov08Apparently this has been the best-attended Remembrance Day service in decades. Lots and lots of children and teen-agers from the Scouts, the Girl Guides, the various services cadets (Air Force, Territorial Army, Sea Cadets, etcetera), St John Ambulance, Police cadets, and a few more marched in the short parade from the Town Hall to the local war memorial, stood to attention for 45 minutes whilst Last Post was played and tributes read out, the hymns were sung, and then we marched back to the Town Hall. There were, of course, some very old service-men and women who survived the chaos of war and who joined us there today.
It was electrifyingly quiet for the TWO Minutes silence, and we all had a think about what it all means, for us and for those who never made it back. What did you do today, to remember ?
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