A time to remember
Published 16 Nov 2011 09:30
RENFREWSHIRE paid its respects to soldiers lost in conflicts around the world as hundreds turned out on Remembrance Sunday (November 13).
Residents, councillors and community representatives came together in tributes to the fallen at war memorials in towns and villages throughout Renfrewshire.
In Johnstone on Sunday, members of the Royal British Legion and community council were among those to lay wreaths at the war memorial in Houstoun Square, while similar services were held in Renfrew, Erskine, Houston, Bridge of Weir, Elderslie, Howwood, Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch.
Ceremonies were also held on Armistice Day (Friday 11) involving the young and older generations, including at at Erskine Veterans Home in Bishopton.
After a minute's silence was observed, wreaths were laid by 100-year-old Commander Ian Hamilton, MSP Derek McKay and a member of Erskine staff.
Bishopton Primary pupils Megan Turner, 10, and Adam Veitch, 11, had the honour of placing commemorative crosses next to the memorial, with the primary 6 and 7 pupils chosen as members of the school's pupil council.
Elsewhere, children from St David's Primary in Johnstone and Cochrane Castle Primary, who are both based at West Johnstone Shared Campus, joined representatives from the Royal British Legion and Renfrewshire Council for a Children's Remembrance Service in Paisley.
In Kilmacolm, the Very Reverend Bill Hewitt, a past Moderator of the General Assembly, conducted a re-dedication service of the War Memorial board within the new Kilmacolm Community Centre, followed by an act of remembrance.
Renfrewshire's Provost Celia Lawson, who attended Paisley's Remembrance Service, said: "This is a time for all of us to honour the service given by our armed forces and their sacrifice in military conflicts past and present.
"The services of commemoration are a time to remember those who gave so much for us."
This article appeared in The Gazette 16 Nov 11
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