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Oct 2022

Last Updated: 24/10/2022
Community
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Firefighters put up poppies as Ripon prepares for services of Remembrance

by Tim Flanagan

| 24 Oct, 2022
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Ripon is getting ready to remember and honour the dead of two world wars and other conflicts, who gave their lives in the service of this country.

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Key locations in Ripon are being decked with thousands of knitted poppies ready for this year's remembrance events.

Over the weekend, members of Ripon Community Poppy Project were given a helping hand from city firefighters as displays were put in place at the town hall.

Hazel Barker, who founded the project in 2018 with former mayor Cllr Stuart Martin, told the Stray Ferret:

"We have knitted thousands of new poppies to replace some of the ones that have been used in previous years."


She added:

"We are grateful, as ever, to the fire brigade for the tremendous help they have given us in putting up the town hall display."


To support the work of the Community Poppy Project, a Concert of Remembrance featuring Ripon City Band, The Dishforth Military Wives Choir and the Duchy Belles, will be held at Ripon Cathedral on November 10, starting at 7.15pm.

Tickets are £12 and available from Stuff 4 Offices on Fishergate and the Wakeman's House Cafe on Market place.

Firefighters put up poppy display in Ripon

Hazel Barker and Councillor Stuart Martin of Ripon Community Poppy Project, are pictured with the crew Ripon's Red Watch, from the left: Firefighters Turner, Harvey and Foster and crew managers Fagg and Thwaites.



Meanwhile, the Ripon Branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) has confirmed details of services to be held on November 5 and 13.

On Saturday November 5, the Garden of Remembrance created by the Ripon branch of the Royal British Legion in 2018, following donations from the public, authorities and the business community, will be blessed by the Dean of Ripon, the Very Revd John Dobson.

The blessing ceremony, followed by a two-minute silence at 11am, will be attended by the Mayor of Ripon Cllr Sid Hawke, serving officers, members of the RBL and standard bearers.

Guests and other attendees will have the opportunity to place a poppy cross in remembrance of the fallen who died, not only in the first world war, but all war and conflicts since.

Ripon War Memorial

Remembrance Sunday Service


Ripon's Remembrance Sunday service will be held on November 13 at the war memorial in Spa Gardens, where there will be a two-minute silence before wreaths are laid in honour of the fallen, by civic dignitaries, members of the armed forces, the RBL and representatives of other organisations. Those planning to attend are asked to arrive by 10.30am.

On completion of the service at the war memorial, the civic party will proceed to the town hall where there will be a march past and salute.

The march past, including members of the Royal Engineers, standard bearers, veterans, Ripon City Band, cadets, scouts and guides and representatives of other organisations, will head down Kirkgate to the cathedral, where a service will be held.

Jeet Bahadur Sahi, chair of the RBL Ripon Branch, said:

"We remember those who lost their lives on active service in all conflicts, from the beginning of the First World War right up to the present day. We also remember all those who have served and their families.
"Remembrance events encourage communities to come together to honour those who served and remember their sacrifices.
 "We unite across faiths, cultures and backgrounds to remember the service and sacrifice of the Armed Forces community from Britain and the Commonwealth."