As current lockdown restrictions preven traditional church and cenotaph services taking place this year, we will hold our own small Glanwydden/Llangwstenin/Pydew service, to remember those from our locality ‘who did their bit’.
We lost 8 men in World War 1 and at least 2 men never returned from World War 2. Our own Marge Chapman was in the Air Training Corps and Beryl Nichols was in the Land Army.
There is an exhibition in the Phone Kiosk telling the story of the 10 men who were lost.
We have been very fortunate to secure one of only 3 ‘Silent Soldiers’ from Conwy County Council who strimmed, mowed and made a space available by the stream at the end of Waun Road. It has been planted with flowers (and bulbs) to mark the occasion and warmest thanks go to all those who were involved in the planting.
In line with social distancing, from your own gardens or from Waun Road, plans are as follows:
| Time | Details |
| 10.45 am | At the silent soldier, Revd Peter Marshall will lead the village in an ‘act of remembrance’ |
| 11.00 am | A 2-minute silence |
| 11.03 am onwards | There will be a laying of a ‘Wreath to Remember the Fallen’ from the valley. There will also be the opportunity for others to lay a wreath/or cross, if they so wish. |
| 11.10 am approx | Once all the tributes are laid, everyone will come together from their gardens/ doorsteps to clap for our Fallen Heroes, Veterans and Front-line Covid workers. |
