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from the
Salisbury Journal Thursday 16 November 2000
Golden silence as
thousands pay respects
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Members of the
Royal British Legion in the parade along Blue Boar Row, Salisbury, on
the way to lay wreaths at the war memorial during Sunday's Remembrance
Day ceremony.
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A HUSH fell over
Salisbury Guildhall Square as the city paid silent homage to its war dead on
Sunday.
It was a poignant
occasion repeated around the district as towns and villages held their first
Remembrance parades and church services of the new millennium.
Everywhere locally
the sun was shining from clear blue skies - in total contrast to the day
before when, in torrential rain and fierce, cold winds, armistice day was
observed with a silence at 11am.
In Salisbury
Remembrance Sunday was marked by a service at St Thomas's Church and a
parade, led by the Wessex Military Band, in which representatives of the
three Armed Forces joined wartime and other veterans from ex-Service
organisations.
They included members
of the Salisbury branch of the Royal British Legion, which organised the
occasion, the Burma Star Association, Dunkirk Veterans' Association, Royal
Artillery Association, Royal Air Forces Association and Royal Naval
Association.
Police, fire brigade
and the ambulance services were represented as were the British Red Cross
and St John Ambulance.
A group of bikers -
all ex-Servicemen members of the Patriots Motorcycle Club - also joined the
parade and laid a wreath at the memorial.
The youth of the city
was represented by Army, Air and Sea Cadets, Scouts, Guides, Cubs and
Brownies.
The parade formed in
the Market Square and marched to the war memorial where it was joined by a
procession of civic dignitaries and councillors, led by the Mayor of
Salisbury, Cllr Steve Fear, and district council chairman Cllr Beryl Jay.
They laid the first
of the many wreaths, following the playing of the Last Post and two-minute
silence.
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