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Advertisements 1 Charnwood News Charnwood Borough Council’s Residents’ Magazine Spring 2019 Inside this Issue... Local elections taking place on May 2 Page 3 Loughborough heading to Britain in Bloom Finals Loughborough – Page 10 Fair wins top tourism award Page 15 Lots going on at Loughborough Town Hall Page 22 Shop Smart. Shop Costco. £10 VOUCHER† TO SPEND ONLINE, WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR MEMBERSHIP Costco Wholesale is a membership warehouse club, dedicated to bringing our members quality goods and services at the lowest possible prices. Membership* The annual membership fee for Standard Trade Membership is £22 ex VAT (£26.40 inc VAT). The annual membership fee for Standard Individual Membership is £28 ex VAT (£33.60 inc VAT). LEICESTER FUEL STATION COMING SOON The best quality fuel with performance enhancing Costco Leicester, Westmoreland Ave, additives at the lowest possible prices. 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Just head over to the council website JN20349 to sign up www.charnwood.gov.uk/charnwood_now Charnwood News @CharnwoodBC 4 www.charnwood.gov.uk facebook.com/charnwoodbc Charnwood pays its respects on Armistice Day Thousands of people came together Royal British Legion and other local in Loughborough to mark 100 years groups followed by a service at the since the end of World War One on Carillon Tower. Sunday, November 11. A crowd of thousands stood silent in People gathered in the town centre memory of the fallen as poppies cascaded and Queen’s Park to see the annual from the Carillon Tower in Queen’s Park. the names on crosses of every fallen Remembrance Parade and service at the soldier in Charnwood took pride of place Carillon Tower. The parade then headed to the on the stage. Market Place for the salute and where Silence fell at 11am as people remembered a Charnwood Heritage Plaque was unveiled. All events in the town centre were those who gave their lives for this country The location was used as a gathering point broadcast on to a giant TV screen. and poppies cascaded from the top by troops at the outbreak of the war. of the tower. In the evening, the beacon was lit by Photographs from the time and articles Mavis Bell, 91, whose father Henry Wright The day also included other events in the Loughborough Echo say the 5th volunteered to fight in 1914 when he organised by Charnwood Borough Council Battalion Leicestershire Regiment met was 16 years old. The beacon was one of under the Charnwood 14-18 banner. in the Market Place on August 11, 1914 more than 1,000 across the country to be before heading off to join the conflict. lit on Sunday. A Charnwood Heritage Plaque was unveiled, a live showcase entertained It is the second plaque to be unveiled as The Carillon Tower then took part people in the Market Place, a life-size war part of the Council scheme which aims in a national bell peal before a recital was horse decorated in poppies was revealed to mark interesting people, places and given. It marked the first time the bells had and a beacon lit in the evening. events in Charnwood. been played since the Council completed a £282,000 conservation project this year, A community poppy cascade of knitted In the afternoon there was a live showcase supported by the War Memorials Trust. poppies hung from the balcony of on a big stage in the town centre where Loughborough Town Hall which also local groups and musicians entertained Many pictures were taken and shared on hosted a tea dance. the crowds. the Council’s social media accounts so please have a look on Facebook, The day started with the annual A Remembrance Wall, funded by www.facebook.com/charnwoodbc Remembrance Day parade with the Loughborough Market traders, with or on Twitter @CharnwoodBC. @CharnwoodBC Charnwood News facebook.com/charnwoodbc www.charnwood.gov.uk 5 Citizens Advice Council’s support of Charnwood signs the Armed armed forces continues Forces Covenant The silver award follows the councils Citizens Advice Charnwood has signed receiving bronze last year and recognises the covenant of the Armed Forces in continuing commitment to supporting order to show and offer their support armed forces personnel past and present for servicemen and women who serve at and their families across the region. home and abroad. The covenant recognises that the whole The covenant was brought to the nation has a moral obligation to members attention of Citizens Advice Charnwood of the Armed Forces and their families, and by Victoria Coomber, armed forces it establishes how they should expect to community covenant development officer be treated. for Charnwood, Melton and Rushcliffe borough councils. The three councils work in partnership and also employ an armed forces Citizens Advice Charnwood has community covenant development officer and an outreach officer to help develop strengthened its commitment further Charnwood, Melton and Rushcliffe and support the Armed Forces community in employing its own Armed Forces borough councils have received a silver and ensure that military personal do Champion, Gill Dunn who will be trained award for their support of armed forces.

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