This week I was honoured and privileged to be a part of three very important annual events.
On 8th November I attended the GLA Annual Service of Remembrance of London of the London Assembly at City Hall. This was a London-wide Act of Remembrance at which Assembly Members and other Mayors were present. This was an opportunity for us to pay respects collectively as a group of Mayors before going off to our own borough ceremonies.
On 10 November, I and the Waltham Forest community joined the rest of the nation to pay our respects on Remembrance Sunday. It was both an honour and a great privilege for me to be part of this solemn and most significant Act of Remembrance. The weather was on our side but I am sure that no amount of rain would have stopped people from coming to the Town Hall to show their support. A big thank you to Father Alex Summers of St Michael and All Angels, Walthamstow, for conducting the service. Thank you also to everybody else involved. With a parade of 400 plus, a marching band and a brass ensemble, and representatives of organisations and groups from all over the borough, the event took a huge amount of work and organisation.
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