04/11/2026
REMEMBRANCE EVENTS the Town Council are involved in this year.
SUNDAY November 8TH. The Town Council is as usual in the background organising the Remembrance Service and parade for Sunday. And is probably our biggest event in the year. The History of the Fallen banners have now gone up in readiness and 25 of the red plaques are now on local houses where fallen soldiers once lived.
The QR code link to the service programme will be posted shortly so you can either link to the service from FB or link from the QR codes we post on lamp posts around the square. The Deputy Lord Lieutenant (i.e. one of the Kings representatives in the county), the MP Juliet Campbell plus the Mayor of Stapleford and our Town Councillors. The range of local uniform group will parade led by the 1360 Stapleford & Sandiacre Squadron Air Cadets , the band will by the Salvation Army who will provide the bugler. Stapleford Combined Services are providing a bagpiper this year and will lead guests to the square and back to the Carnegie Centre for the after buffet, for anyone wishing to join the Combined Services for a cup of tea, etc. If you have forgotten to ell us and wish to lay a wreath as part of the event, please email [email protected]. You are welcome to lay one afterwards.
WEDNESDAY November 11th. The other event we are involved in is with St Helen's Church and The Combined Services on Wednesday 11th November, the actual Remembrance Day for the Lamp of Peace commemorative event. This is being hosted by St Helen's, where the Stapleford Combined Services have decorated the grounds with 81 tommies to note our 81 fallen WWII soldiers and bedecked the walls with poppies. An impressive and sad display at the same time. Children from surrounding schools will join the service to add crosses/poppies and be present when Reverend Savage and the Mayor of Stapleford Cllr Simon Frost, light the Lamps of Peace, which is being undertaken across the country at 11am. Please be at St Helen's Church by 10.30am.
Again a QR code will be available around the church so you can follow the service and the QR will be available on our Facebook.
