Oldham preparing to mark Remembrance Sunday
Date published: 08 November 2019
SJ Signs on Shaw Road
Numerous services have been arranged as Oldhamers prepare to commemorate Remembrance Sunday this weekend.
The weather looks set to be cold but generally kind as churches and groups across the Borough pay their respects to the fallen during what promises to be an emotional day.
Meanwhile, shops and offices across the Borough have also been decorating their premises with Poppy colours and remembrance items ahead of the weekend.
The scene at the front of SJ Signs and Graphics on Shaw Road is pictured above.
Oldham Council have issued a list of service and procession times so that residents can join in the commemorations if they wish.
The gathering and service at the Oldham War Memorial, opposite the Old Town Hall, will commence at 10.50am on Sunday.
A procession will assemble at New Radcliffe Street at 10.20am and proceed to the War Memorial from 10.30am.
All organisations are invited to attend. Crosses may be placed in the field of remembrance adjoining the War Memorial.
The Chadderton War Memorial service in the Old Town Hall Gardens on Middleton Road will commence at 10.55am.
A procession will assemble at the Chadderton Reform Club on Middleton Road at 10am and proceed to the War Memorial at 10.30am.
The Crompton War Memorial commemoration will commence at 10.55am.
A procession will assemble at the Royal British Legion Club, Newtown Street, Shaw, at 10.30am, proceeding to the War Memorial at 10.40am.
The Failsworth War Memorial service, on Oldham Road, commences at 10.55am.
A parade will assemble at the Tesco Car Park at 10.15am and proceed via left onto Ashton Road West, left onto Pole Lane and left onto Oldham Road, passing Failsworth Town Hall to the War Memorial at 10.40am prompt.
The scene outside Oldham Town Hall last year
The Lees War Memorial service will also commence at 10.55am. A procession will assemble in Princess Street at 10.10am prior to proceeding to the War Memorial.
The Royton Park commemoration will also begin at 10.55am.
Uniformed services to assemble at rear of the Boyle Store, on the car park off Radcliffe Street at 10.30am prompt for parade to Memorial at Royton Park.
In Saddleworth, the Pots and Pans Memorial commences at 10.55 am, while the Dobcross Remembrance Sunday Parade assembles at Dobcross Band and Social Club at 9.30am
A procession will be led by Dobcross Youth Band and followed by committee members, parents/guardians and members of the public from the club to the Church on Woods Lane, before attending a service and travelling back the same way.
At Bardsley, at 10.30am church members will walk with Uppermill Brass Band from Byrth Road along Ashton Road to Bardsley War Memorial for act of Remembrance at 11am.
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