A service to mark the 81st anniversary of VJ Day has taken place at Hull's newly cleaned cenotaph.
Veterans, families and the community gathered at the monument in Paragon Square to mark the surrender of ***** an on 15 August 1945.
Hull City Council said the stonework of the cenotaph and the Boer War monument underwent a non-abrasive "delicate" clean in July.
Frances Yeaman, 91, laid a wreath for her husband, James, who served as a Royal Marine in World War Two, and said the monuments looked "really beautiful".
Frances Yeaman, 91, laid a wreath for her husband [BBC]
#frances #mark #cenotaph #husband
Veterans, families and the community gathered at the monument in Paragon Square to mark the surrender of ***** an on 15 August 1945.
Hull City Council said the stonework of the cenotaph and the Boer War monument underwent a non-abrasive "delicate" clean in July.
Frances Yeaman, 91, laid a wreath for her husband, James, who served as a Royal Marine in World War Two, and said the monuments looked "really beautiful".
Frances Yeaman, 91, laid a wreath for her husband [BBC]
#frances #mark #cenotaph #husband
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