RAISING THE FLAG IN OLDHAM TO MARK ARMED FORCES WEEK - ALCOCK

12.00.00am BST (GMT +0100) Mon 22nd Jun 2009

Oldham West & Royton Parliamentary spokesperson Mark Alcock joined the Mayor of Oldham Cllr Jim McArdle along with Armed Forces Veterans in Oldham to raise the Armed Forces Day flag at precisely 10.30am on Monday to mark the start of Armed Forces Week.

Armed Forces Flag

Armed Forces Flag

OLDHAM honoured its servicemen and women by flying a new flag in preparation for the first ever Armed Forces Day on Saturday.

Fusilier Alex Ross, of the First Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, raised the flag at Oldham's war memorial, watched by a large crowd of onlookers.

Bookmark this story at: del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg FacebookFacebook LibDigLibDig redditreddit StumbleUponStumbleUpon
Print this news story.
Comment on this news story.
Previous news story: Oldham Council reject latest plan for a new landfill site at Coal Pit Lane - Alcock (Sat 20th Jun 2009).
Next news story: COUNCIL VOWS TO FIGHT NEW COAL PIT LANE PROPOSAL - ALCOCK (Mon 22nd Jun 2009).

Related News Stories:

Thu 4th Mar 2010:

Mon 8th Feb 2010:

Thu 14th Jan 2010:

Wed 11th Nov 2009:

Fri 30th Oct 2009:

Tue 20th Oct 2009:

Tue 13th Oct 2009:

Sun 6th Sep 2009:

Wed 19th Aug 2009:

Mon 17th Aug 2009:

Wed 5th Aug 2009:

Tue 28th Jul 2009:

Tue 21st Jul 2009:

Sat 20th Jun 2009:

Mon 15th Jun 2009:

Tue 9th Jun 2009:

Fri 29th May 2009:

Thu 14th May 2009:

Sun 10th May 2009:

Wed 6th May 2009:

Fri 27th Mar 2009:

Tue 24th Mar 2009:

Thu 19th Mar 2009:

Thu 12th Mar 2009:

Fri 13th Feb 2009:

Fri 6th Feb 2009:

Fri 30th Jan 2009:

Tue 27th Jan 2009:

Thu 22nd Jan 2009:

Tue 20th Jan 2009:

Thu 15th Jan 2009:

Tue 13th Jan 2009:

Thu 4th Dec 2008:

Mon 1st Dec 2008:

Mon 24th Nov 2008:

Fri 31st Oct 2008:

Wed 22nd Oct 2008:

Tue 21st Oct 2008:

Thu 9th Oct 2008:

Mon 29th Sep 2008:

Wed 17th Sep 2008:

Fri 5th Sep 2008:

Sun 27th Apr 2008:

Sun 20th Apr 2008:

Thu 20th Mar 2008:

Fri 29th Feb 2008:

Tue 29th Jan 2008:

Sun 27th Jan 2008:

Printed and hosted by Prater Raines Ltd, 98 Sandgate High Street, Folkestone CT20 3BY.
Published & promoted by and on behalf of Mark Alcock, 116 George Street, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8DR
The views expressed are those of the party, not of the service provider.