Ilkeston - Remembering
w/e 14 November
2004
All
this week's pictures were taken with a Kodak DX6490
Thursday 11th November - Armistice Day
Market traders
and shoppers alike paused in their daily routines for two minutes
at 11am on Thursday to pay their respects to all those who have
given their lives in conflicts past and present.
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Civic dignitaries,
veterans, members of the Royal British Legion and the general
public assembled around the Cenotaph in the Market Place.
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A short service
was led by the Rev. David Fergus of St Mary's Church.
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A number of wreaths and crosses
were laid around the foot of the Cenotaph.
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14th November - Remembrance Sunday
On Sunday, age was no barrier
as young and old paraded together across the Market Place into
St Mary's Church for a Service of Remembrance.
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They were joined once again
by the Mayoral Party for the Service and afterwards for an Act
of Remembrance at the Cenotaph when more wreathes were laid in
honour of "Our Glorious Dead".
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