Holocaust Memorial Day - Wednesday 27th Jan 2010

An hour-long service is planned to mark Holocaust Memorial Day - Wednesday, 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
All are welcome to attend the event which starts at 10am in the Memorial Gardens in High View Avenue, Grays.

The programme for the memorial is:

10am Welcome Reflections - The Mayor

10.05am The Importance of the Holocaust - Cllr Joy Redsell, Cabinet member for Community Culture and Leisure

10.10am Prayers of Faith - Jewish representative

10.15am Commitment to Change - Andrew Mackinlay MP

10.20am Prayers and Statement of Commitment - the Rev Edward Hanson

10.25am Pebble Laying Service

10.35am The Last Post

10.40am One minute's silence

10.45am Reveille, the National Anthem

10.50am Closing - Bob Coomber, Interim Chief Executive, Thurrock Council.

Thurrock Council is also hosting an event at the Thameside Theatre, Grays, on Friday, 29 January.

It will be centred around a trip by 19 Thurrock students to Auschwitz-Birkenau. The doors at the Thameside open at 3pm.

This event is also free and open to all.