Ferryhill Remembrance Arrangements – Remembrance Sunday 10th November 2024 & Armistice Day Monday 11th November 2024
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 9.30am, 10TH NOVEMBER 2024
Ferryhill Town Council will be holding a Remembrance Sunday parade, church service and wreath laying ceremony on Sunday 10th November 2024. All residents of Ferryhill are invited to attend. The programme for the event is as follows:
09.30am – Parade gathers in Market Place Car Park*
09.45am – Parade leaves The Market Place enroute to St. Luke’s Church
10.00am – Church Service at St. Luke’s Church
10.50am – Parade leaves St. Luke’s Church and marches back to The Market Place Car Park in preparation of the wreath laying ceremony at the Cenotaph
11.00am – Service, wreath laying and The Last Post, played by a representative of Ferryhill Town Band, in the Town Hall garden, with the flag being lowered by ex-serviceman Paul Gray, of 5th Regiment of the Royal Artillery
*In the event of adverse weather, the parade will gather inside St. Luke’s Church Hall
WREATH LAYING CEREMONY AT MEMORIAL COTTAGE – 12.30pm, 10TH NOVEMBER 2024
A separate wreath laying ceremony will be taking place, led by Mayor, Councillor Carole Atkinson at 12.30pm on Remembrance Sunday, at Memorial Cottage. Any residents wanting to attend should congregate at Memorial Cottage at 12.20pm for the Ceremony at 12.30pm.
ARMISTICE DAY CEREMONY 10.40am, 11TH NOVEMBER 2024
A flag lowering ceremony to mark Remembrance Day (Armistice Day) will take place at the Town Hall Cenotaph on Monday, 11th November 2024 with members of Ferryhill Town Council, Council staff, local Schools and St. Luke’s Church. Members of the public are also very welcome to attend. The programme for the event is as follows:
10.40am – School Children and Councillors arrive
10.45am – Introduction by Mayor, Councillor Carole Atkinson
10.50am – Interim Change Minister, Rev Lindsay Southern addresses the congregation
11.00am – Flag lowered with two minutes silence
11.02am – Congregation place crosses in planter
11.10am – Interim Change Minister, Rev Lindsay Southern makes closing address
11.15am – Event ends
Refreshments will be served upstairs in the Town Hall after the event.
