Today at 11am the Queen is due to lead tributes to the nation’s war dead with a two-minute silence at the Cenotaph in London.
The country will fall quiet.
In honour of this day SalfordOnline.com produced a film, photography and poetry colloboration in memory of the thousands of Salford men who lost their lives.
Poem, reading and audio effects by Phillip Austin.
Photography by Community Photographer Dawne Sheldrick-Keating
Video edited by Tom Rodgers
Today, Sunday 8 November 2015, parades and services taking place in Salford include:
Salford Cenotaph – Assembly is 10.30am at Albert Bentley Place (formerly Albion Place), The Crescent. Service commences at 10.45am. Please remember that The Crescent will be closed from 10.00am.
Swinton Cenotaph – Service commences at 10.50am at the Cenotaph next to the sunken gardens, Chorley Road.
Eccles – Assembly is 10.20am at Henley’s Club (formerly Taylors/Barton Sports and Social Club), Barton Lane, Eccles. Service commences at 10.45am at Cenotaph on Church Street.
Walkden and Worsley – Assembly is 9.20am at the Royal British Legion, Wilfred Road, Walkden. Service in St Paul’s Church, Manchester Road at 10.00am followed by wreath laying at the Cenotaph in Parr Fold Park at 11.00am.
Irlam and Cadishead – Assembly is 10.20am at the Catholic Club, Liverpool Road, Irlam. Wreath laying is at the Cenotaph, Prince’s Park, Irlam at 10.50am.
Little Hulton – Service and wreath laying at St Paul’s Peel Church, Peel Lane, Little Hulton, at 10.15am.
