LETTER FROM READER

Hello,

I’m writing this after just getting back from the Remembrance service down at the War Memorial, I’m so disappointed by the lack of wreaths that were laid this year. In the 34 years I’ve been living in Syston every year I’ve been to the War Memorial and there’s always been many wreaths and we’ve always sung ‘O God Our Help In Ages Past’ however this year we didn’t it was just the prayers, the last post and revival, the naming of the dead (while the British Legion Band played the hymn) and then the Lords Prayer and that was it. In years gone past we always sang the hymn after the naming of the dead. I feel like I haven’t been down to the Memorial this year and I’m seriously thinking of giving Syston’s Remembrance service a miss next year and going to the one at Sileby.

A M Brown.

REPLY: 

Dear A M Brown

The Royal British Legion who organise the event would like to assure readers that this was an unfortunate error on the day and that the tradition of singing ‘O God our help in ages past’, is an important part of the short service but was unintentionally missed when the prayers were read immediately after the reading of the names.  We hope that this will not put people off attending next year and hope we can sing it with even greater emphasis.