Vulcan Park's Roll of Honour board has been vandalised just before Remembrance Sunday Vulcan Park Roll of Honour board vandalised days before Remembrance Sunday
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Someone's damaged the First World War Roll of Honour board in Vulcan Park, Workington, just days before Remembrance Sunday. The town council is getting a replacement, but it won't be ready for this weekend.
If you walk Vulcan Park or you're going to Workington's Remembrance service on Sunday, you'll want this.
The town council says the Roll of Honour board in Vulcan Park has been vandalised. It's there for local people who died in the First World War. Remembrance Sunday is 8 November, and that's where the big town parade goes for the cenotaph service before it finishes at the Legion on Jane Street.
The council's line is short and clear: "We will remember them." They're sorting a replacement, but it won't be ready for this weekend's events, so Sunday goes ahead at the cenotaph without the fixed board.
Visit Workington still lists the WW1 Roll of Honour by ward as part of what's in the park for Remembrance, and the silent soldier silhouettes are due at Moss Bay, the station, Jubilee Corner and Church Road in Harrington.
What can you do? Turn up for the parade if you want — Pow Street from 1.45pm, starts 2pm — put something in a poppy tin while you're in town, and if you see any more nonsense round the memorials ring the police on 101, or 999 if it's happening there and then.
A First World War Roll of Honour board in Vulcan Park, Workington, has been damaged in an act of vandalism days before Remembrance Sunday. Workington Town Council says a replacement is being arranged but will not be ready for this weekend's events.
This is for people in Workington who use Vulcan Park, attend the Remembrance Sunday service there, or care about the town's war memorials.
Workington Town Council reported that a Roll of Honour board in Vulcan Park has been damaged by vandalism. The board is described as an important tribute to local residents who lost their lives in the First World War. The damage was reported in the days before Remembrance Sunday on 8 November, when the main Workington parade marches to the Vulcan Park cenotaph for its service before finishing at the Royal British Legion on Jane Street.
The council said: "We will remember them." It is arranging for the board to be replaced, but has confirmed the new board will not be ready in time for this weekend's Remembrance events. That means Sunday's service will go ahead at the cenotaph without the repaired board in place.
Visit Workington's Remembrance information notes that the park carries a WW1 Roll of Honour display listing names by ward, alongside the cenotaph service that forms the centrepiece of Sunday's town parade. Silent soldier silhouettes are also due around town at Moss Bay, the railway station, Jubilee Corner on Oxford Street and Church Road in Harrington.
What you can do: join or watch Sunday's parade if you wish (assembling on Pow Street from 1.45pm for a 2pm start), support the Poppy Appeal in local shops, and report any further damage or suspicious behaviour around the memorials to the police via 101, or 999 if a crime is in progress.