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Remembrance Events 2011

Once again Swindon will be hosting a number of Remembrance events to reflect on the lives of our fallen soldiers

Armistice Day
11 November 2011

Armistice Day Swindon
Wharf Green Remembrance Service
Friday 11 November 2011, 10:30am

Incl. Remembrance March and service through the Town Centre.
 

Town Centre - Two Minutes Silence
Friday 11 November 2011, 11am

Royal Wootton Bassett War Memorial
Friday 11 November 2011, 10:50am

Minutes silence at 11am

Ridgeway School and Sixth Form College
Friday 11 November 2011, 7:30pm

Concert of Remembrance at Ridgeway School
Tickets: £5
 
Singing For Heroes at Wyvern Theatre
 
150 School children from across Wiltshire unite together to perform a repertoire of songs on Remembrance Day.
 

Remembrance Sunday
13 November 2011

Remembrance Sunday Swindon
Highworth
Sunday 13 November 2011, 9:30am

Meet at the Brewery Street car park for a march to St. Michael's Church for 10am service.

Regent Circus War Memorial
Sunday 13 November 2011, 10am

Wootton Bassett War Memorial
Sunday 13 November 2011, 10am

Wroughton
Sunday 13 November 2011, 10am

Service of Remembrance at the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist & St. Helen.

Congregation, led by Wroughton Silver Band down Church Hill.

Penhill
Sunday 13 November 2011, 11am

Remembrance Service at Penhill Cenotaph, Downton Road.

Old Town
Sunday 13 November 2011, 1:55pm

Remembrance Service at Radnor Street cemetery.

STEAM Museum
Sunday 13 November 2011, 3pm

In the Great Western Hall at the STEAM Museum, Kemble Drive.
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