WITH this year's particularly significant Remembrance Sunday just around the corner, schools, groups and individuals across the district have helped honour the fallen in their own way.

With 2014 marking a hundred years since the start of the First World War, the annual Remembrance events have been the most high profile yet.

Bradford Grammar School has started holding services for each of the 217 former pupils who died in the Great War, and yesterday used its Remembrance assembly to honour the memory of Milton Kershaw, a former pupil who died 100 years ago to the day.

The event was attended by Lord Mayor of Bradford, Cllr Mike Gibbons, who laid a wreath at the school's memorial to honour Lieutenant Kershaw. The service was conducted by the Very Reverend Jerry Lepine, Dean of Bradford.

After reading about the event in the Telegraph & Argus, his niece, Sally Dyer, and great niece Helen Lynch came to the poignant event as surprise guests.

Lt Kershaw fought at Mons, Marne and at the Aisne, and was killed on November 7 near Zwarteen, but his body was never found.

Meanwhile, the children of St Matthew’s Catholic Primary School in Allerton used a famous painting by Sir William Orpen to help them with their learning about World War 1 and Remembrance. Using ‘The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors’ as a starting point, the children produced model WW1 ships and aeroplanes, clay poppies, peace chandeliers and a woven patchwork. The whole school worked on the project for two weeks and parents were invited to come and see an exhibition of the work yesterday.

Last night, the Cathedral Consort performed "an eclectic programme of music from across the centuries" at Bradford Cathedral. - inspired by themes of war, conflict, peace and resolution.

The event also featured poetry inspired by the First World War.

Cathedral Director of Music Alexander Woodrow conducted the event, and donated his fee to the British Legion Poppy Appeal.

One creative woman raised funds by making tissue paper poppies and selling them to her work-mates.

Liz Shale, who works as an administrator at the Bradford Commissioning Group's Douglas Mill base, has sold around 70 of her creations to her work colleagues, making £100 for the Poppy Appeal.

Mrs Shale, from Pudsey, received her impromptu orders for her poppy creations after going into work wearing one.

The orders soon piled up and she has been charging £1.25 each for the poppies.

Mrs Shale, who has made her hobby for crafts profitable for charity, said: "It's been a good adventure really. I've been spending my evenings making poppies.

"I wanted to do something special to mark the 100th anniversary since the start of the First World War.

"I've had people coming into our office looking to buy one."

On Tuesday at 10.30am pupils from Lidget Green Primary School will be singing at theSt Wilfrids Community Centre's Coffee and Chat morning, which also includes a short remembrance service. Some of the children have completed some work around WWII and will have the opportunity to do some reminiscence with older people to hear their memories of war.

There will be an exhibition of the work that Rev Paul Bilton has been doing, with the research of the names on the war memorial for the World War I local men from Lidget Green who lost their lives.

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