The main service will be on Sunday, but at 11am today the two minute silence was held at the cenotaph.
As it was market day, the stalls were all laid out as normal, but with enough space around the cenotaph for the mayor and Gareth Ratcliffe to say a few words, and Father Richard to give a blessing. He had his two standard poodles with him. The mayor and a young boy (Cadets, maybe?) laid wreaths.
There was a good crowd, in the space between the market stalls, and out onto the road, and as the Last Post sounded (a recording - there was no bugler this time), mingling with the chiming of the hour from the Clocktower, the whole market was silent.
The main Remembrance service will start with a parade from the Clocktower to St Mary's Church at 2.30pm on Sunday afternoon, and after the service there will be wreath laying at the cenotaph at 4pm.
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