MEMBERS of the Delabole British Legion and the Methodist Church met recently to finalise the arrangements for a ‘Weekend of Remembrance’ to mark the centenary of the signing of the Armistice and the ending of the First World War.

A short Act of Remembrance was held at the village’s war memorial on Friday, November 9, in which pupils of the Delabole Primary School shared with the local community at 11am.

An exhibition of photographs and war-time memorabilia is open at the Methodist Church, which started from 9.30am to 4pm on Saturday, November 10, and runs today, Sunday, November 11, against the backdrop of a ‘Weeping Wave of Poppies’ made by members of the local community and other friends. 

Alongside the exhibition, a coffee morning was held from 10am to noon on the Saturday.

The activities on Sunday (today) include a service at 11am on the theme of ‘Remembering’.

The village Act of Remembrance will commence at 2.30pm at the war memorial with a parade to the Methodist Church for the village Remembrance service at 3pm.

Camelford Town Band will lead the parade, and accompany the hymn singing.

The weekend will conclude with a concert at 7.30pm on Sunday (tonight) at the Methodist Church with the Port Isaac Chorale.

This celebration concert will mark 100 years since the end of the Great War, and will feature many wartime songs.

Audience participation is essential and all are welcome.

It was agreed that all proceeds from the weekend will be donated to the Poppy Appeal.

A spokesperson for the organising group said: “We hope that many will share in these events to reflect and be thankful for the sacrifices of the many who served in the world wars, especially thinking of those who did not come back.”

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Tintagel Methodist Church will host the united Tintagel Churches Together Remembrance service at 10.50am this morning.

Following the service, poppy wreaths will be laid at the Cenotaph at Tintagel Parish Church and the church bells will ring to commemorate the 100-year anniversary.

All are welcome to attend.

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St James the Great Parish Church, in St Kew, on behalf of the North Cornwall Cluster of Churches, is playing its part in ‘Battle’s Over — A Nation’s Tribute’, an international commemoration marking 100 years since the guns fell silent at the end of the First World War. 

Organised by Pageantmaster Bruno Peek, Battle’s Over takes place on November 11 (today) with events throughout the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, and at scores of locations overseas. Commemoration begins at 6am, when more than a thousand pipers worldwide, will play When the Battle’s O’er, a traditional lament.

In St Kew the piper will be Marcus Jones, the North Cornwall Cluster family and children’s worker and reader, who will play at the war memorial.

In the evening, in the church at 6.55pm as part of the tribute service the Last Post will be played.    At 7pm, in some parts of the UK, ‘Beacons of Light’ will be lit signifying the light of peace that emerged from the darkness of four years of war. At this time, during the service the pipe lament will be played again. At 7.05pm, the church’s bell ringers, together with more than 1,000 other churches and cathedrals, will ring for peace while at the same time 140 town criers will perform a specially written ‘Cry for Peace Around the World’, firstly, in New Zealand and then across the globe through the various time zones. 

A spokesperson said: “We would be delighted to welcome parishioners and all-comers who wish to show their appreciation of all those — whether they were military or civilian, at home or abroad — who played their part in the tragic events of the First World War. We have freedom  because of them.”

The tribute service at St James’ Church starts at 6.45pm and concludes at 7.15pm.