Blackburn Cathedral packed to capacity for Remembrance service (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Blackburn Cathedral packed to capacity for Remembrance service
5:10pm Sunday 11th November 2012 in Blackburn
By Dan Clough, Reporter
Coun Zamir Khan lays a wreath
BLACKBURN Cathedral was full to capacity for Remembrance Sunday as hundreds gathered to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
The annual event that pays tribute to British servicemen and women killed in conflicts across the world was given extra poignancy in the town by the death of marine David Fairbrother late last year.
Speaking at today's service, Canon Andrew Hindley said: “In my office I have a photograph of David Fairbrother. His funeral here lives in my memory. Those memories are so clear. A poignant, yet dignified scene. “I want to say those who died in service of their country did not in vein and did so purposefully.
“Today should be a day of passion and that is why there are more people here than I can ever remember in this cathedral.”
Following the service there was a procession from King William Street to Corporation Park, where wreaths were laid on the war memorial after a minute’s silence.
Blackburn with Darwen mayor Coun Zamir Khan said: “Everyone should come together on this day, no matter what race or colour.
“My father served in the Second World War, as well as some of my uncles. “I am really proud to be here as mayor and it was good to see so many people.”
Hundreds of people gathered for a service at the Cenotaph in Oakhill Park, Accrington, followed by a parade back to the town hall. A minute’s silence was observed ahead of Blackburn Rovers’ match against Birmingham at Ewood Park and Accrington Stanley’s game against Northampton at the Crown Ground.
At the Black Horse pub in Darwen, a tug of war event raising money for Help For Heroes and the Poppy Appeal took place between ex-servicemen and women and civilians.
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2 for 5p
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11:12pm Sun 11 Nov 12
Rimbus
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11:25pm Sun 11 Nov 12
2 for 5p wrote:They took down all the ones with spelling mistakes in them! Looks like your latest post will be disappearing soon. lol.
What's hapend to the messages
DEO VOLENTE
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11:50pm Sun 11 Nov 12
Rimbus
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12:16am Mon 12 Nov 12
DEO VOLENTE wrote:You clearly were not following this thread earlier when your good friend '2 for 5p' was denigrating and demeaning the memory of - in you own words - 'our glorious lads who gave the ultimate sacrifice'.
Rimbus? Dimbus!
DEO VOLENTE
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12:38am Mon 12 Nov 12
Deus Vobiscum
ToffeeGuy
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3:19am Mon 12 Nov 12
Why bring race into this?
Excluded again
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6:11am Mon 12 Nov 12
They forget that the British forces in the Second World War was drawn from across the then Empire and that, for example, the Indian Army in the Second World War is still the largest volunteer army the world has ever known. They 'remember' the British forces as wholly white. Equally, some Muslim extremists forget the sacrifice of Muslims from across the empire for Britain and denigrate the poppy.
We should remember and honour all those who gave everything for our freedoms. Lest we forget.
sen c ble
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11:18am Mon 12 Nov 12
ToffeeGuy wrote:You really need to refer to the history books!
"Blackburn with Darwen mayor Coun Zamir Khan said: “Everyone should come together on this day, no matter what race or colour."
Why bring race into this?
2 for 5p
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3:23pm Mon 12 Nov 12
I already have
ladysal
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8:38am Tue 13 Nov 12
2 for 5p wrote:Says it all doesn't really?
Lest we forget I already have
Ever wondered why the world is degenerating into civil war, terrorism and other wars? One of the most important reasons for remembering the sacrifices made by the dead of ALL wars is the role that remembrance plays in preventing it from happening again. "Lest We Forget" has an important role to play.
ToffeeGuy
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4:10pm Tue 13 Nov 12
ladysal wrote:Every year we remember the fallen, and every year new wars are started.
2 for 5p wrote:Says it all doesn't really?
Lest we forget I already have
Ever wondered why the world is degenerating into civil war, terrorism and other wars? One of the most important reasons for remembering the sacrifices made by the dead of ALL wars is the role that remembrance plays in preventing it from happening again. "Lest We Forget" has an important role to play.
Remembrance Day has been held every year since the end of WW1. It didn't prevent WW2. Or numerous other wars since.
The best remembrance would be to have no more wars ever again.
I hope future generations no longer have to have a Remembrance Day because war is such a distant memory to them, a thing that happen many centuries in the past and is seen as a inhumane concept.
DEO VOLENTE says...
10:18pm Sun 11 Nov 12
Deus Vobiscum