WARRINGTON’S pioneering charity, The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation
for Peace, has helped organise a commemoration ceremony in London this weekend
to mark the 8th anniversary of the 7/7 bombings.
The event will take place at the 7/7 memorial in Hyde Park this Sunday, (July 7) when a minutes silence will be observed in memory of those who lost their lives, those injured and those affected by the bombings.
The ceremony, organised by The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace and families and survivors of the attacks will start at 11:30.
Located in the south east corner of Hyde Park, the memorial is just north of Achilles to the east of Lovers Walk.
The memorial comprises 52 stainless steel pillars (stelae), collectively representing each of the 52 victims, grouped together in four inter-linking clusters reflecting the four locations of the incidents. Members of the public are invited to join the families where, after a minute’s silence John Taylor, Thelma Stober, and Janne van Wulffte Palthe will speak about their experiences.
The names of all those who died in the bombings will be read aloud by Tim Coulson, known as the ‘Angel of Edgware Road,’ who went back into the tube station to help those who were badly inured and dying.
Meanwhile The 150-strong Rock Choir will perform five songs at the event. The ceremony will close with the laying of flowers.
Jo Dover from the Foundation said: “We need to remember and respect those who lost their lives and those whose lives have changed forever following the horrific events of that day.
“We are privileged to support the families and survivors to organise this event, as part of our wider work in supporting victims of terrorism and conflict.”
The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace, inaugurated by Colin and Wendy Parry following the death of their 12-year-old son Tim and three-year-old Johnathan Ball after the IRA bombed Warrington in 1993. The Foundation supports people affected by political violence, conflict and acts of terror to help them to make positive contributions to peace in their own communities and beyond.
For more details visit www.foundation4peace.org
