Last year, approximately 6,700 people attended Remembrance parades in Cheshunt, Goffs Oak, and Hoddesdon. This year, all members of the public are welcome at any of the scheduled services.
The Mayor of Broxbourne, Councillor Patsy Spears, will represent the Council in Cheshunt. An act of remembrance and wreath-laying ceremony will take place at 10:30am at the memorial located at the rear of the Almshouses on Turners Hill.
In Hoddesdon, the Leader of the Council, Councillor Corina Gander, will join residents at the memorial at 10:35am. This will be followed by a remembrance service at St Catherine’s and St Paul’s Parish Church at 11:05am.
Commemorations in Goffs Oak begin with a service at Goffs Oak Methodist Church at 10am, followed by wreath laying at the memorial at 10:40am, attended by the Deputy Mayor, Councillor Sacha Kanatli.
In Broxbourne, St Augustine’s Church will hold a service at 10:15am. The Deputy Leader of the Council, Councillor Jim Clune, will then attend the wreath laying at Broxbourne War Memorial at 10:45am.
Residents can also visit a display of around 5,000 knitted and crocheted poppies at Cheshunt Old Pond. This community-created display, led by the Cheshunt & District Royal British Legion Club, remains in place until 12 November. Further poppy displays are visible in front of St Catherine’s and St Paul’s Parish Church and by the War Memorial in Hoddesdon.
On Wednesday 11 November, a service organised by the Friends of Cedars Park group will take place in Cedars Park at 10:30am.
For more information about events taking place across the Borough, visit www.broxbourne.gov.uk/events.
