Ashfield District Council hosted a Remembrance service at its Urban Road offices, Kirkby, on Friday.

Council officers and invited guests from the Royal British Legion observed a two-minutes’ silence and the chairman of Ashfield District Council, Coun Dale Grounds, laid a commemorative wreath.

As part of the Remembrance Day commemorations, a collection of knitted and crocheted poppies have been installed on Portland Square, Sutton and on the Plaza, Kirkby.

The chief executive of the council, Theresa Hodgkinson, said: “Ashfield has a rich depth of history routed in the community and its people. It’s the same communities today that stand in silence to remember those who selflessly sacrificed their future to make sure the communities they loved, would shine through, just like the illuminated poppies across Ashfield and the knitted poppies that remind us we are all one community, and we shouldn’t forget the links that knit us together.”

The council has also installed 13 illuminated ‘poppy lights’ on lamp posts at:

• Market Place, Hucknall
• Urban Road, Kirkby-in-Ashfield
• Portland Square, Sutton-in-Ashfield
• Badger Box, Annesley
• Market Place, Huthwaite
• High Street, Stanton Hill
• Nottingham Road, Selston
• Main Road, Jacksdale
• Alfreton Road, Underwood
• Sutton Gateway, Mansfield Road/Sutton Road
• Fackley Road, Teversal
• Mansfield Road, Skegby
• Kirkby Folly Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield

Three Remembrance Day commemorations and parades are scheduled to take place on Sunday, 12 November in Hucknall, Sutton and Kirkby. Each parade will consist of a Remembrance service, a wreath laying and a two-minutes’ silence at each of the cenotaphs.

More details can be found at https://www.ashfield.gov.uk/your-council/events/remembrance-day-parades-2023/