Wells City Council, St Cuthbert (Out) Parish Council and the Royal British Legion invite all local residents to the Cathedral Green on Thursday 8th May to be together to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe.
With events heralded by the Town Crier, and accompanied by Wells City Band, residents will be able to gather on the Green from 8.45pm and participate in the national beacon-lighting commemoration. The ceremony beings at 9.15pm with a specially composed proclamation from the Town Crier – an Oyez, Oyez, Oyez that will remind everyone present of the sacrifices made 80 years ago. The Chair of St Cuthbert (Out) Parish Council, Jacqui Zorab, will then read the official Tribute, being spoken across the country followed by Al McBride, Chair of the Wells Branch, Royal British Legion, reciting the Exhortation, followed by the Last Post & the start of the 2 minute silence; Reveille is bugled and the Kohima Epitaph poignantly ends the readings.
In front of the magnificent West Front, a beacon will be lit by the Mayor of Wells, Jasmine Brown, and the city, the parish, the nation will pause to remember the end of World War Two in Europe, the approaching peace in Japan and the continuing hope for peace around the world
