PAY TRIBUTE IN EREWASH

Erewash Borough Council will follow the national protocol for local authorities at this very sad time in order that residents may show their respects in the borough.

• Condolence books will be open at Ilkeston and Long Eaton town halls until the day following the State Funeral. A book of condolance is also available on the Palace's website.
• The local Proclamation of the new monarch will be made by the Mayor of Erewash outside Ilkeston Town Hall at 2pm on Sunday 11 September. 
• Flags at Ilkeston and Long Eaton town halls will be lowered to half-mast. In line with the Principle Proclamation in London, flags will be raised to full-mast at 11am on Saturday 10 and returned to half-mast at 1pm on Sunday 11th September.
• Floral tributes: For those residents who wish to lay floral tributes, an area has been set aside on the grassed banks approaching the war memorial at St Mary’s Church, Ilkeston and around the war memorial outside St Laurence’s Church on Long Eaton Market Place. Other items may be left inside the two churches where candles may be lit from 10am to 4pm. In lieu of floral tributes, those wishing to pay tribute can donate to a charity of their choice, one suggestion being the Royal British Legion.
• A Service of Remembrance will be held at St Mary’s Church Ilkeston and St Laurence’s Church, Long Eaton on the evening prior to the State Funeral commencing at 6.30pm. Further information to follow.
• A two minutes’ silence on the day of the funeral, should this be a working day, will be held at the Cenotaph, Ilkeston and the War Memorial, Long Eaton at 11am.

On the day following the funeral, all floral tributes will be sensitively removed and taken for composting. Flags will return to full mast and the condolence books closed.