Residents in Stockport are being encouraged to take part in ‘LIGHTS OUT’ – a project to mark the 100th anniversary of the Great Britain’s entry into the First World War.
The event is being held on Monday 4th August between 10.00pm and 11.00pm and Stockport will be participating in the project, which forms part of the World War I Centenary Art Commissions.
‘LIGHTS OUT’ will mark the exact time when Britain declared war on Germany. As the moment approached, the British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey made the famous remark ‘the lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our life-time.’
Stockport Mayor, Councillor Kevin Hogg, said:
“We hope that residents and businesses in Stockport will join us in this important commemoration by turning their lights out and leaving on a single light or candle between 10.00pm and11.00pm on this date. More information about this initiative can be found at www.1418now.org.uk/whatson/lightsout”
The Town Hall (left) will also be participating in the ‘LIGHTS OUT’ initiative and there will be a commemorative centenary dance taking place from 7.30pm to 11.00pm offering an evening of 50/50 ballroom and sequence dancing and a sing a-long with the Wurlitzer.
LIGHTS OUT marks the official start of commemorations of the First World War centenary in Stockport. Events will be taking place in community spaces over the next four years.
On the evening of Monday 4th August the Friends of Woodbank, Vernon and Poise Parks will be hosting a candlelit procession and act of remembrance in front of the entrance to Woodbank Memorial Park. Stockport Art Gallery and War Memorial will be open until 11pm for quiet reflection and commemoration and will be participating in the LIGHTS OUT initiative.
More information can be found at www.stockport.gov.uk/ww1
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