Step Short 2010
August 1, 2010 6:45 PM
By Folkestone Mayor Tom McNeice in Folkestone Mayor's Diary
By Folkestone Mayor Tom McNeice in Folkestone Mayor's Diary
Mayor Tom McNeice with WW1 soldiers at the Step Short parade
The day started on the Leas where I had a photo taken with two soldiers dressed in Middlesex Regiment Uniform from the WW1 period. We quietly processed from The Grand Hotel along Leas to the top of the Road of Remembrance, formerly called 'The Slope Road' and the long column walked down the road followed by the many spectators. The destination was the harbour where ten million men had departed for France almost a hundred years ago.
This event is to highlight the incredible sacrifice made by these men and women and to promote the idea of having a commemoration in four years time.
After Folkestone and Hythe MP Damian Collins laid a wreath in the sea from a tug, we all shared some time together in the Hotel Burstin.
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