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Thursday, 9th September 2010

Roundhay St Andrew's plants a poppy in Flanders Field

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Published Date: 12 November 2008
In Flanders field a poppy from Roundhay will grow.
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It is sponsored and dedicated by St Andrew's United Reformed Church in in Roundhay, in grateful memory of those who gave their lives in the First World War and in subsequent wars.

Rev David Pickering, minister of St Andrew's, said: "St Andrew's has donated to the Royal British Legion's planting of a Field of Poppies beside the Menin Gate in Ypres (Ieper) in Flanders in Belgium in time for the 90th anniversary, on Tuesday, of the end of First World War."

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The dedication reads: "St Andrew's Roundhay United Reformed Church, Leeds remembers those in our family who gave their lives in the 1st World War and subsequent conflicts."

Rev Pickering added St Andrew's was packed with 300 people for its Remembrance Service.

"Our Two Minute Silence at St Andrew's was led by members of our congregation who were alive at the time of the Armistice on 11 November 1918."


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  • Last Updated: 12 November 2008 3:48 PM
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  • Location: Leeds
 
 
 


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