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Monday 20 Sep 2004

PHOTOCALL: PLAQUE DEDICATION SERVICE TO REMEMBER RAILWAY PERSONNEL WHO SERVED IN WW1 and WWII

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Date:               Saturday 25 September 2004             Time:               10:30am             Location:         Fairfield Street entrance of Manchester Piccadilly Journalists and photographers are invited to attend a dedication service for a plaque which remembers the railway personnel who served in World War One and World War Two.             The plaque is situated at the Fairfield Street entrance of Piccadilly station and has recently been replaced.             The Mayor and Mayoress and British Legion representatives will attend the service, which has been timed to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Arnhem campaign, for prayers; hymns and two minutes of silence.

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