This morning, I was honoured to attend the annual Hale End Library Remembrance Event and lay a wreath alongside your Conservative councillors Mitchell Goldie and Shenise Adam.
Each year, the Highams Park Society leads this ceremony to honour the men commemorated on the Xylonite and Halex memorial plaques, which are displayed in Hale End Library.
The former Xylonite, later Halex, works was once a major industrial site stretching from The Broadway to Highams Park Station Avenue. In 2009, the Highams Park Society rediscovered the memorial plaques, which had originally stood on an obelisk on Larkshall Road, ensuring that those who sacrificed themselves for their country would continue to be remembered.
Thank you to Sandeep Christian, Chairman of the Highams Park Society, for organising today's service.
We will remember them.
