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Saturday 30th April 2011
08:00
Mark 26 Spitfire will be moved into position on Williamson Square in Liverpool City Centre, where it will stay on static display until 18:00 Monday 2nd May
09:45
Vintage cars, motorcycles and military vehicles take up their positions on Williamson Square and Whitechapel
The Merseyside Fire Service Museum will display two wartime fire appliances in front of the Lyceum at the bottom of Bold Street
10:00
Climbing wall open in Williamson Square, manned by the MoD Liverpool Armed Forces Careers Department
Approximately 50 members of Liverpool Scooter Club will form a guard of honour along each side of Church Street ahead of the veterans’ parade
10:30
Air raid siren to sound on Church Street
10:40
Approximately 200 war veterans of all ages and all conflicts will parade from Williamson Square, via Whitechapel to Church Street led by the City of Liverpool Pipe and Drums Band.
10:55
Veterans arrive at their destination and the Parade Marshall will position the contingent before the stage area. A single piper of the City of Liverpool Pipe and Drums Band will play a lament.
11:00
The contingent will be called to attention for a two minute silence to remember those who lost their lives during the Blitz on Liverpool 70 years ago.
11:02
Air raid siren will sound the “all clear” marking the end of the silence. The Master of Ceremonies will call forward the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Hazel Williams, to lay a wreath on behalf of the people of Liverpool. She will be followed by various dignitaries: Members of Parliament, representatives of the Armed Forces, Liverpool and Everton Football Clubs and the Merseyside Fire and Police Services.
11:20
The Master of Ceremonies invites the Lord Mayor on to the stage to welcome everyone and officially open the Liverpool Blitz 70 event.
11:40
Local historian, Frank Carlyle, will introduce the event with a short history of the Blitz on Liverpool
12:00
Professor Codman’s Punch and Judy Show
Blitz and Peaces will take to the stage to introduce themselves to the crowd with an entertaining sing song!
12:30
Lady Singers Company B will perform a medley of well-known wartime songs
13:00
Pupils from St. Julie’s Catholic High School will perform two 1940s themed dance pieces
13:30
Irish Guard Singers
14:00
Various groups from Merseyside Dance Initiative will be performing 1940s themed dance routines on the main Church Street stage
14:30
The Welsh Dragon Spitfire, an original WWII fighter plane, will perform a flying display along the River Mersey
15:00
Professor Codman’s Punch and Judy Show
16:00
Lady Singers Company B will return to the stage to perform a medley of well-known wartime songs
16:30
The George Formby Tribute
Sunday 1st May 2011
09:45
Vintage cars, motorcycles and military vehicles take up their positions on Williamson Square and Whitechapel
The Merseyside Fire Service Museum will display two wartime fire appliances in front of the Lyceum at the bottom of Bold Street
Members of the Mildhogs Scooter & Motorbike Club will attending with their bikes and dressed in union flags to help fundraise for the veterans’ charities
10:00
Climbing wall open in Williamson Square, manned by the MoD Liverpool Armed Forces Careers Department
Blitz and Peaces will be on the streets ready to capture the imagination of the young and trigger the memories of the old with their songs and stories about life in Britain on the Home Front.
12:00
Professor Codman’s Punch and Judy Show
Lady Singers Company B will perform a medley of well-known wartime songs
12:30
Blitz-themed Sunday lunch at the historic Britannia Adelphi Hotel.
Pupils from St. Julie’s Catholic High School will perform two 1940s themed dance pieces
13:30
Historical address on the Church Street stage followed by an hour with veterans of the Liverpool Blitz
15:00
Professor Codman’s Punch and Judy Show
Lady Singers Company B will return to the stage to perform a medley of well-known wartime songs
15:30
Pupils from St. Julie’s Catholic High School will perform two 1940s themed dance pieces
16:30
The George Formby Tribute
Monday 2nd May 2011
09:45
Vintage cars, motorcycles and military vehicles take up their positions on Williamson Square and Whitechapel
The Merseyside Fire Service Museum will display two wartime fire appliances in front of the Lyceum at the bottom of Bold Street
10:00
Climbing wall open in Williamson Square, manned by the MoD Liverpool Armed Forces Careers Department
Blitz and Peaces will be on the streets ready to capture the imagination of the young and trigger the memories of the old with their songs and stories about life in Britain on the Home Front.
12:00
Professor Codman’s Punch and Judy Show
Lady Singers Company B will perform a medley of well-known wartime songs
12:30
Blitz-themed Sunday lunch at the historic Britannia Adelphi Hotel.
WWII Singer Miss Marie will perform nostalgic wartime favourites
13:00
Pupils from St. Julie’s Catholic High School will perform two 1940s themed dance pieces
13:30
Historical address on the Church Street stage followed by an hour with veterans of the Liverpool Blitz
14:30
Pupils from St. Julie’s Catholic High School will perform two 1940s themed dance pieces
15:00
Professor Codman’s Punch and Judy Show
Lady Singers Company B will return to the stage to perform a medley of well-known wartime songs
15:30
The George Formby Tribute
16:30
WWII Singer Miss Marie will perform nostalgic wartime favourite
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