Welcome to Hassocks Life’s Remembrance information page. Here you will find our most recent information for all things Remembrance Sunday.

By Hassocks Parish Council

We are very pleased to announce that, following the closure of the local branch of the British Royal Legion, Hassocks Parish Council has been busy arranging a Remembrance Day Parade for 2025. This will take place in the afternoon of Sunday 9th November and everyone is welcome to attend.

We will meet in the car park area outside the Parish Council offices in Adastra Park between 1.30-1.45pm and the parade will leave at 2pm, walking up the Keymer Road to St Cosmas & St Damian Church.

We will have Burgess Hill Youth marching band leading the way, followed by our local Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers. There will be a short ceremony at the church memorial and laying of the wreaths. The Greyhound Pub opposite the church have very kindly offered to provide refreshments.

There will be road closures on the day, details of which will be provided at a later date.

We will need volunteers to supervise the closures, so if anyone is able to help, please can you email helen.valler@hassocks-pc.gov.uk. We hope you will join us on the day and help make this a true community event.

By Michelle Binks

There will be an Act of Remembrance at Keymer Church on Wednesday 11th November at 10.50am. Father Alex explains, “this short act of remembrance takes place around the memorial, with some wreath laying and some prayers before we observe the two-minute silence at 11.00am. People don’t need to book because it’s an act of worship and outside.”

Here are other activities that we can do this year to remember our fallen heroes:

• Take a walk to The Chattri, the Hindu monument to their fallen soldiers, located on the South
Downs. Access is from Patcham or Jack & Jill Windmills along the South Downs Way.

• Paint a poppy and display it in your window.

• Bake 11 cupcakes, ice in red and share with your neighbours.

• Paint pebbles with poppies and hide them around Hassocks for others to discover.

• Remember the minute silence at 11am on 11 November.

• Remember to wear your poppy; you can still get them from the many outlets in Hassocks.

Visit: www.BritishLegion.org.uk

Donations can always be made direct to the British Legion website or you can take your donation to our local British Legion Club on Woodland Road, Hassocks. Maybe even pop in for a cuppa or a pint.

Hassocks’ Remembrance Sunday

New ways Hassocks can remember our fallen heroes