Remembrance Sunday is coming this weekend, and ceremonies to remember the fallen will take place across St Ives Bay.
The St Ives civic parade makes its way to the war memorial last year
In St Ives, the Royal British Legion, St Ives Town Council, and other organisations will gather at the Guildhall at 10.40am then process to the war memorial via Tregenna Place and High Street. The roads will be closed to traffic.
After two minutes’ silence and the laying of wreaths, there will be a service of Remembrance in St Ia Church.
On Wednesday, 11th November, there will be another civic gathering at the war memorial, with two minutes’ silence at 11am.
In Hayle, on Sunday, roads leading to the war memorial will be closed from 10.30-11.45am. There will be a service at St Elwyn’s Church at 11am, then a parade to the war memorial at 10.45am, where a service involving two minutes’ silence and the laying of wreaths will get under way at 10.55am. Refreshments will be served afterwards by members of the ATC in the Drill Hall.
A Remembrance Day service will get under way in St Uny Church, Lelant, at 9.25am. At 10am there will be laying of wreaths at war memorials within the church, then there will be a procession to the open air memorial where the two minutes’ silence will be observed and more wreaths will be laid.
On Wednesday, 11th November — Armistice Day — Lamp Light of Peace Remembrance event will take place on The Island in St Ives.
All are invited to witness the illumination of the Island Chapel and to sing hymns and Cornish songs. Visitors are invited to bring a torch, a lantern, or a mobile phone to shine into the skies. The event gets under way at 5.30pm.
Everyone is then invited to St Ives Royal British Legion to watch the St Ives Bay Community Choir perform from 7pm.
