tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post8939526070907160910..comments2024-03-14T14:46:53.095+00:00Comments on Nigel Fisher's Brigg Blog: TIME OF THE BRIGG REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY DISCUSSED & DECIDED FOR 2017NIGEL FISHERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00105982962344084267noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post-25817745797821084902017-06-29T08:39:34.131+01:002017-06-29T08:39:34.131+01:00Yes...the reason for the 12 o'clock's 2 Mi...Yes...the reason for the 12 o'clock's 2 Minute Silence in Brigg was a result of the police's inability to be in two places at once.<br />The police continuously claimed that logistically they had finite staff who had to be deployed in such Remembrance parades in Scunny and Broughton.<br />As the Brigg parade required a significant number of officers, for practical purposes the usual national 11 o'clock Act of Remembrance was deferred for an hour.<br />With the last minute decision last year of the Humberside Police indicating that they were withdrawing police resources from Remembrance Sunday parades on the grounds that it was a civic occasion, the responsibilty was left to North Lincs Council to issue road closure orders and man such points.<br />(Has the reason why a police car by-passed the Wrawby Rd closure point and passed thro' last year's parade?)<br />Therefore, the precursor of the police's presence has been seemingly withdrawn, the option of standardising Brigg's parade to correspond with the normal national time of Remembrance now becomes available...<br />Ken Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719906304442070128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post-50901758834722797322017-06-29T08:37:35.087+01:002017-06-29T08:37:35.087+01:00Yes...the reason for the 12 o'clock's 2 Mi...Yes...the reason for the 12 o'clock's 2 Minute Silence in Brigg was a result of the police's inability to be in two places at once.<br />The police continuously claimed that logistically they had finite staff who had to be deployed in such Remembrance parades in Scunny and Broughton.<br />As the Brigg parade required a significant number of officers, for practical purposes the usual national 11 o'clock Act of Remembrance was deferred for an hour.<br />With the last minute decision last year of the Humberside Police indicating that they were withdrawing police resources from Remembrance Sunday parades on the grounds that it was a civic occasion, the responsibilty was left to North Lincs Council to issue road closure orders and man such points.<br />(Has the reason why a police car by-passed the Wrawby Rd closure point and passed thro' last year's parade?)<br />Therefore, the precursor of the police's presence has been seemingly withdrawn, the option of standardising Brigg's parade to correspond with the normal national time of Remembrance now becomes available...<br />Ken Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719906304442070128noreply@blogger.com