This year it was the turn of Itchen Abbas to hold the Royal British Legion parade. Their numbers are a bit reduced now but the parade is led with calm efficiency by Admiral John Lang with Revd Amanda Denniss presiding.
St John’s church was filled to capacity for our Remembrance Service. The children of the Ark led by Elizabeth Bouldin produced two amazing works – a huge poppy and a wreath of linked hands.
In the evening at St Mary’s Easton we held a service of Communion. After the bell ringers had summoned everyone with a peal of bells which few churches can match
the choir singing the beautiful music of the Faure requiem. Enjoying this music is always wonderful, but it is particularly poignant when part of a communion service.
The silence at the end of the ‘In Paradisum’ was pregnant with the beauty of the performance.
