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Programme
The Gala Remembers 2018 programme was an outstanding success, with hundreds pf people taking part in a series of events to mark 100 years since the end of World War I.
The ambitious programme was launched after a number of community organisations came together to remember one of the deadliest conflicts in history, which claimed the lives of 639 Galashiels men between 1914 and 1918.
Led by community group Energise Galashiels Trust, Gala Remembers 2018 included exhibitions, lectures, film screenings, live music, light displays, street art and acts of remembrance held in the town in October and November that year. It culminated in the Royal British Legion Scotland Remembrance Parade on Sunday 11 November, with a special Angel’s Wings Service that evening.
A huge amount of hard work by various community partners went into planning and delivering the programme. It has subsequently been hailed as a unique but replicable model for community engagement.
This Book of Commemoration has been collated not only as a memorial to those 639 men from the town who sacrificed their lives, but also as a lasting legacy of the work of the people who, 100 years later, felt compelled to remember.
