At 1:30pm approximately 150 people attended the War Memorial for a poignant service led by Rev. Richards and to view the art installation led by the Bowness & Windermere Community Care Trust. Students from St Martin and St Mary Primary School, St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Goodly Dale School and Windermere School worked with the artist Donna Campbell to create giant poppies. While local knitters created over one thousand poppies which the Backhouse family stitched onto fabric to cascade off the war memorial.
At 6:30pm the church bells rang out across the community to celebrate peace.
Later that evening, under a beautiful clear sky there was an amazing community turn out for our VE 80 day lighting of the Beacon at Orrest Head summit.
Mayor Hallatsch and Councillor Legge gave short speeches to commemorate the event and at precisely 9.30pm our Beacon was lit and for the first time with no rain or issues
Many thanks to Windermere Convenience store for providing the wood and firelighters and to everyone who came to remember VE day 80 years ago including a councillor and residents who attended the original celebrations as children!
Also in the evening the beautiful Poppies were lit up in the War Memorial gardens. Bowness & Windermere Community Care Trust thank you, they are truly amazing!
Out of all the Beacons lit last night from the top of Scotland to the Channel Islands, we're fairly sure ours was the most spectacular!
At 6:30pm the church bells rang out across the community to celebrate peace.
Later that evening, under a beautiful clear sky there was an amazing community turn out for our VE 80 day lighting of the Beacon at Orrest Head summit.
Mayor Hallatsch and Councillor Legge gave short speeches to commemorate the event and at precisely 9.30pm our Beacon was lit and for the first time with no rain or issues
Many thanks to Windermere Convenience store for providing the wood and firelighters and to everyone who came to remember VE day 80 years ago including a councillor and residents who attended the original celebrations as children!
Also in the evening the beautiful Poppies were lit up in the War Memorial gardens. Bowness & Windermere Community Care Trust thank you, they are truly amazing!
Out of all the Beacons lit last night from the top of Scotland to the Channel Islands, we're fairly sure ours was the most spectacular!
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