During the coming weeks the people of Bury will pay their respects to those who sacrificed so much in conflict.
It’s been a special year of Remembrance with the 80th anniversaries of VE Day and VJ Day. As a town with a proud military history, we've also commemorated other significant occasions this year, such as Minden Day, Gallipoli Day and Armed Forces Day.
For the first time we are holding a Festival of Remembrance and parades, services and wreath-laying ceremonies will also be taking place across the borough to mark Remembrance Sunday.
Events have been planned for Bury, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Unsworth, Walshaw, and Whitefield, while Armistice Day includes a short ceremony in Gallipoli Garden, outside the Fusilier Museum.
Bury Remembers – Festival of Remembrance
Tuesday 4 Nov
Bury Parish Church from 7pm (doors open at 6.30pm).
An evening of music and spoken word with performances from Bury Fire Choir, Bury Music Service, Bury Army Cadet Force Core of Drums and input from Bury Youth Service.
Everyone welcome to come along.
Remembrance Sunday – Sunday, 9 November
Bury
10.30am-2pm
Parade leaving Knowsley Street outside the town hall approx. 10.30am to the war memorial outside Bury Parish Church
Wreath laying and church service.
Prestwich
10.45-11.30am
Parade and Act of Remembrance.
Rectory Lane to War Memorial by PADOS House.
Radcliffe
10.45am-1:30pm
Parade, wreath laying and service.
Royal Oak to Cenotaph, then to St Thomas’s Church. Return to Royal Oak.
Ramsbottom
10.30am-12.30pm
Parade, wreath laying and service.
Royal British Legion to St Paul’s Church and return.
Tottington
2-4pm
Parade, wreath laying and service.
Harwood Road to War Memorial; Market Street to St Anne’s Church for service.
Unsworth
10.50-11:30am
Service and wreath laying at Parr Lane Cenotaph
Walshaw
10.45-11.15am
Service and wreath laying at Walshaw Memorial.
Whitefield
10-11:30am
Service and wreath laying at Cenotaph and service at All Saint’s Church.