MAY I thank, most warmly, all the organisations who attended the Remembrance Sunday parade and service with such a splendid turnout, also the charter trustees, parade marshall, Kidderminster Police and members of the public who supported me.

A special "thank-you" to the Royal British Legion Youth Band and the Boys' Brigade Band for leading the parades, the Salvation Army Band, who played for the singing of the hymns at the war memorial, and Kidderminster Hospital Radio for the PA system.

The large number assembled at the war memorial and in church was a fitting tribute to the memory of the fallen.

HELEN DYKE

Mayor of Kidderminster