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Remembering Redditch Residents & WW1 Redditch Local History Society

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The Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch Messenger – Saturday 15
November 1919

Anniversary of the Signing of the Armistice - At eleven a.m. on Tuesday – The
time and date of the anniversary of the signing of the armistice – the siren was sounded at
the Electricity Works, and for two minutes, in the works, shops, and streets, normal activities
were suspended. Gaul’s “Holy City” with orchestra, chorus, and soloists, was rendered as an
act of remembrance in St Stephen’s Church. There was a large congregation. On
Wednesday night there was a town’s and public meeting at the Bates’ Hill Wesleyan Chapel,
attended officially by the Chairman (Mr
F.. J. Whiteley) and members of the Redditch Urban District Council. Addresses were given
by the Rev. Paterson Morgan (Rector of Arrow) and Captain Neville Roberts (League of
Nations Union) upon the subject of the League of Nations.

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