Deputy Lord Mayor’s Blog 6Saturday June 26th was Armed Forces Day 2010, a day when the nation salutes our Armed Forces, past, present and future. In Birmingham's Victoria Square in the afternoon we had the pleasure of meeting active service personnel, cadets and once again the many veterans associations, standard bearers as well as senior representatives of the Services and service related organisations.
The day went off splendidly and there was an excellent march past at the end. There was a great deal of public enthusiasm and support - as always in Birmingham.
I spent some time with many groups including the National Service Veterans,(first picture) , the Korean Veterans, the War Widows Association and the Royal British Legion.
I was very surprised to learn that the bikers section is now one of the largest and most successful branches of the RBL. They very kindly let me have a sit on one of their machines - very trusting as I hung up my own lid over twenty years ago! Still it felt good to be in the saddle again if only briefly and statically!
The day went off splendidly and there was an excellent march past at the end. There was a great deal of public enthusiasm and support - as always in Birmingham.
I spent some time with many groups including the National Service Veterans,(first picture) , the Korean Veterans, the War Widows Association and the Royal British Legion.
I was very surprised to learn that the bikers section is now one of the largest and most successful branches of the RBL. They very kindly let me have a sit on one of their machines - very trusting as I hung up my own lid over twenty years ago! Still it felt good to be in the saddle again if only briefly and statically!
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