Our new memorial

The village had a small dedication of our new war memorial this morning.
Great Eccleston has never had one before so we were very pleased when the two local funeral directors offered to erect one.
The bishop of Lancaster arrived at 11am & did the honours.

Lights out all over the country tonight from 10pm for one hour.

Thank you for all your recent comments.....I keep meaning to reply to you all more but I never get round to it. I read everyone & appreciate all of them!

Three good things:
1. I have had my hearing tested.
2. Good that people still remember our brave soldiers who fought for our freedom. There were two teenage boys at the gathering this morning ......good to see.
3. The sun is out again

[Jennifer]

How nice of them to do a memorial and good that it is still marked.
Ps is that where you get your fish suppers from by any chance? :)

[Pat Knowles]

@jesperani yes you are very sharp Jennifer! That's where you can sit in & have a delicious fish & chips or other plus glass of wine if you so wish! Thanks Jennifer.

[Judith Johnson]

Looks like you had a good crowd for the unveiling of the memorial. I think the fish bar was closed when we were there.

[Pat Knowles]

@busylady it would have been open Judith...every night until eight pm.

[KWind]

A nice turnout for the memorial! Every town should have one!

[Pat Knowles]

@kwind yes we always felt a bit rudderless when Armistice Day comes round....no focal point so good to have this.

[julia]

Great shot and a sweet little village.... nice you have a memorial now...

[Debbie]

Shame it took so long but lovely gesture on the funeral directors parts.

[Pat Knowles]

@julzmaioro @debbie3108 yes a lovely gesture, they have only just moved into the village a year ago so making their mark nicely! Thank you ladies!

[Steve Hollingsworth]

excellent what a smashing thing to do

[Pat Knowles]

@steveh isn't it just Steve........just what the village needed! A focus on days like this! Thank you.

[bkb in the city]

How wonderful

[Maggiemae]

Nice to document this event. The local newspaper might be pleased to see this!

[Pat Knowles]

@maggiemae might be maggiemae I never saw any press photographers! Mind you they can take a photo anytime they like , it's not going anywhere!!

[Beryl Lloyd]

How wonderful, so good to have a focal point to remember the brave and the lost .

[Margaret Pengelly]

Very timely with the 100th anniversary upon us.

[Phil Howcroft]

that's a good turn out Pat

[Pat Knowles]

@phil_howcroft not bad Phil for a work day!

[Rick Schies]

Well that was very thoughtful of them

[Sue Wilde]

An important village event

[Babs]

Quite a good turn out. 4th August my birthday, so I not only share it with the start of WW1 but also the Queen Mother's birthday.

We had a fish and chip take away for my birthday last night. We went out on Saturday for a meal with friends, but I wasn't going to cook on my birthday too. Grilled gem fish with garlic butter and chips, delicious.

[Dianne]

Nice that many parts of the world are recognising this significant date.

[Hazel]

A lovely photo, full of hope and sunshine and blue sky, as well as remembrance.

[Hazel]

@onewing

Many happy returns for yesterday, Babs.

[Sarah Bremner]

Great community feel and lovely that the sun shone!

[Pat Knowles]

@onewing A very Happy Birthday Babs.......sounds good no cooking , no one wants to cook on their big day! Interesting seeing the names of the fish you eat...gem fish? We have just had some fuss about fish & chip shops serving up shark instead of the usual cod. We had shark in NZ , they called it white fish & it was absolutely delicious, very white & flaky, I would eat it again no problem! Sometimes it's all in the head!

[Juliette Packham]

That is so cool...our village memorial isn't very significant, but there were folk milling around it last night. I couldn't find the candles but did sit in semi darkness and quiet even though my best mate who I've not seen for 2 years was round... ! Some of the stuff on TV was so moving

[Jen Hudson]

Lovely to see people here on that day. Nice capture.

[Judith Greenwood]

Quite unusual not to have one - nice time to 'correct' that.