Once again our proud Blackhall community came together as one this morning for the Remembrance Sunday commemoration service held at the memorial in Blackhall Colliery Welfare Park.
The service, organised by Monk Hesleden Parish Council and officiated by council chairman Gaynor Crute and local minister John Kidd, drew another fantastic attendance from a community committed to remembering the fallen and honouring the sacrifice made by many in the defence of our country in two world wars and other conflicts over the years.
The buffet reception held in Blackhall Cricket Club immediately after the service offered the perfect opportunity for our residents and their families to meet up again with old friends and visitors to our village.
Wreaths were laid at the memorial on behalf of the Royal British Legion, Monk Hesleden Parish Council, Durham County Council, Blackhall Colliery primary school, St Joseph's RC primary school, Wellfield school, Blackhall RAFA, Blackhall Navy Club, the Women's Institute, St Andrew's church, Abbeyvale Care Centre, Durham police and a number of other local and regional organisations. There was also an opportunity for individual residents and visitors to make their representations on behalf of lost loved ones and family members.
As always thanks go to the clerk, members and staff of the parish council for organising the event, the staff and committee of Blackhall Cricket Club who made everyone welcome, Ian Harris for performing the Last Post and Reveille, Brian Drummond who once again devoted his time and energy in decorating our villages in the weeks running up to the service, the many organisations mentioned above who laid their wreaths at the cenotaph and of course the Blackhall community as a whole who came together to honour those who served, fought and died in the defence of our country and community against tyranny and oppression.
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