North Tyneside will once again commemorate those who lost their lives in war with a series of Remembrance events across the borough.
The council is holding services on Thursday 11 November and on Remembrance Day, Sunday 14 November.
Large screens will be set up to ensure a good view of proceedings at Hawkeys Lane and Whitley Bay.
Many of the Remembrance Day services take place outdoors where the risk of Covid transmission is reduced. In accordance with national guidance, the council recommends that members of the public continue to wear face coverings in crowded and enclosed spaces where they come into contact with people they don’t normally meet.
All events in North Tyneside are free to attend and open to anyone.
Details of all services can be found below:
Thursday 11 November
Jigsaw Memorial, Killingworth White Swan Centre – 11am
An act of remembrance and two minutes’ silence will take place at the North Tyneside Post 1945 Jigsaw Memorial. The short service will be held at the White Swan Centre, Citadel East, Killingworth, and will begin at 11am.
Sunday 14 November
Longbenton, St Bartholomew’s Church, Station Road, Benton – 11am
The parade will assemble at 10.15am at the Ex-Servicemen’s Institute, Crescent Way North, Forest Hall, leaving in procession at 10.25am. The parade will march to the Cenotaph within the grounds of St Bartholomew’s Church, Station Road, Benton where wreaths will be laid. The event will conclude with a service in the Church.
North Shields, Hawkeys Lane – 11am
The parade will leave Tyne Met College on Hawkey’s Lane at 10.30am arriving at the War Memorial at 10.50am for commencement of the service at 10.55am. The parade will reform and ‘march past’ before concluding at Tyne Met College.
Wallsend, War Memorial, Burns Closes – 11am
Organisations will form up in Richardson Street at 10.30am to leave at 10.35am arriving at the War Memorial, Burns Closes, for 10.55am. On conclusion of the service the parade will return to the Town Hall where a march past will take place.
Whitley Bay, the Cenotaph situated on the Links, 3pm
The parade will assemble from 2.30pm in Victoria Terrace, Whitley Bay, leaving at 2.50pm to march in procession to the Cenotaph situated on the Links where the service will take place at 3pm.
