PICTURES: The Isle marks Remembrance Day

Parades and services of remembrance took place across the Isle and North Lincolnshire, to honour the war dead in time-honoured tradition over the weekend.
Ron Oldfield and Jason Figgett of Crowle en route to the Remembrance Day church service in Epworth. Picture: Harold WoolgarRon Oldfield and Jason Figgett of Crowle en route to the Remembrance Day church service in Epworth. Picture: Harold Woolgar
Ron Oldfield and Jason Figgett of Crowle en route to the Remembrance Day church service in Epworth. Picture: Harold Woolgar

At 11am on Saturday there was a two minutes’ silence in the Market Place at Epworth, and there were also services across the Isle including in Owston Ferry, Ealand, Haxey, West Butterwick, Crowle, West Stockwith and also over the border in Misterton.

The North Lincolshire Mayor attended a parade and service from the Baths Hall to the war memorial at Scunthorpe, and there was a special performance of The Armed Man by Gainsborough Choral Society on Saturday at All Saints’ Church in Gainsborough.

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