WAR MEMORIALS IN THE PARISH OF NORTHOP
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
Remembrance Day in Northop Parish.
Click on the 'play' arrow to view the video of the parade on the 9th November 2008. Turn up your sound facilty to hear the band.
Click on the 'play' arrow to view the video of the parade on the 9th November 2008. Turn up your sound facilty to hear the band.
Scroll down the page to find further images of the day. There are slide shows of photographs and another video clip.
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The day began in the village of Northop with a parade led by Northop Silver Band, followed by members of the British Legion carrying their Standards. Behind them were Scouts and Guides and others from the Parish. It began at 'The Boot Inn' then continued along the High Street and on to the Parish Church where the Act of Remembrance took place at the Memorial inside the church.
Northop Slide Show
After the service in the parish Church at Northop there followed a wreath laying ceremony at Northop Hall's Memorial. Village resident and British Legion Member Jack Hayes placed the wreath on behalf of the Legion. Other wreaths were placed by villagers.
Northop Hall's Slideshow
After Northop Hall, British Legion Members drove to Sychdyn where there was a wreath laying Ceremony at the War Memorial there. The rain which had been horrendous at Northop |Hall was by now torrential
Video clip of Sychdyn's ceremony.
British Legion members invited Sychdyn resident and serving soldier from the Queen's Dragoon Guards to place the wreath. Other wreaths were placed by members of the community.
Sychdyn's Slide Show