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Armed Forces
Day events Southport
Photograph by Patrick
Trollope.
SOUTHPORT held its
annual Armed Forces Day on Saturday, 29 June 2013, in Princes
Park. The highlight being a Spitfire doing a fly past. Despite
the odd weather, the event was extremely well received, with
lots of activities for young and old to enjoy. The event had
many forces' charities and associations holding stalls on the
show ground, raising cash and awareness along the way. Also on
offer was a funfair, paintball stands, recruiting teams and
arena displays along with a collection of military vehicles and
fire engines. The event was organised by Steve Hawkshaw who told
us:- "I feel strongly about supporting our troops, both at
home and away on operations and as a veteran myself, I hope
events like this help raise awareness of them. Events like this
help to show the public's support and boost the troops' morale
along the way, allowing the public to find out what the troops
do and have done. The servicemen and women, if asked, do not see
themselves as heroes, but it really does give you a great sense
of pride when the public stand up and get behind them. I would
like to thank all of you who attended the events we put on this
year and in the past, as it really does have an impact, not only
in the form of fund raising."
On Sunday, Southport also
held the annual Armed Forces Day parade, with a service at the
town's war memorial. Attending this service were Dame Lorna
Muirhead, the Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside, and other VIP's
including Southport's MP John Pugh, and the Duke of Lancaster's
band. to see more photographs taken by us at this event, please
click on
here! Also to find out more about the events
nationally and to find out about 2014's events throughout the
UK, go to:-
armedforcesday.org.uk.
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