Memorial Service
Bank Holiday Closing for Her Majesty, The Queen’s State Funeral September 19th
Please note that Calderdale Council Services will be mostly unavailable during this day.
There may be other service disruptions elsewhere, please consult with appropriate organisations.
Customer First – closed
Contact Centre – closed
Crematorium – open, the office will be closed, but the phone line will be open
Libraries – closed
Markets – closed
Museums – closed
Register Office – closed
The Shay – closed
Sport Centres – closed
Victoria Theatre – box office and theatre will be closed
Waste and Recycling – refuse, recycling and garden waste are cancelled, Refuse waste scheduled for Monday 19 Sept will be collected on Tuesday 20 September and collections for these services will run a day late during this week.
Recycling collections scheduled for Monday 19 September will not be re-scheduled. Please return containers to their storage point, crews will collect Monday’s recycling on Monday 26 September. Recycling collections from Tuesday 20th will be to the current schedule.
Household waste recycling centres – closed
Commemoration Service for HM Queen Elizabeth II at Halifax Minster September 17th
Halifax Minster will hold a Service of Commemoration for HM Queen Elizabeth II at
7pm on Saturday 17th September
with the Lord Lieutenant, Ed Anderson CBE.
This service is jointly hosted by the Mayor of Calderdale and The Vicar of Halifax, Revd Canon Hilary Barber.
The Minster has seen a steady stream of mourners for the Queen since Friday, lighting candles and laying flowers.
You are welcome to join this service where we pay our respects to the Queen and remember her many years of dedication and service to her role.
Halifax Minster
Unit 3 Causey Hall, Dispensary Walk, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX1 1QR
T: 01422 355436
Halifax Minster – Covid Memorial Service March 20
At the service a candle will be lit for each person who has died and an artwork installation to remember all those affected by the pandemic will be on display for the first time. The artwork, made up of the thousands of prayer cards and messages hung on our Remembrance Trees over the past 2 years, will be hung in the Minster’s tower in front of the West Window where it can be seen from inside and out. It will be floodlit with the colours of the rainbow to represent the hope shown by communities during the difficult times of the pandemic.
You would be most welcome to join us at the service on Sunday March 20th at 4pm . Please feel free to pass on this invitation to others who may wish to attend.
With every good wish
Halifax Remembrance Sunday November 14 events
Remembrance Sunday events are commencing again this year. There will be full parade through Halifax, followed by a memorial service at the Cenotaph near Halifax Minster.
The parade starts at Halifax Town Hall from 10am on Sunday 14 November. The parade will march via Princess Street, Southgate, Horton Street, Square Road and King Street, before assembling at the Cenotaph near Halifax Minster at around 10.40am.
The Cenotaph service will start at 10.45am, including a two-minute silence at 11am. A further service of Remembrance will then take place inside the Minster.
Preparing for Remembrance events in Halifax 2021
More events
St John’s Church in Bradshaw will be running their own Remembrance Service on Sunday the 14th at 9.40am
Light up a Life this Christmas
Overgate Hospice would like to invite you to be part of their Light Up A Life Appeal 2015.
Sunday 29 November – 2pm
Light a candle at The Memorial Service at Halifax Minster on
Sunday 6 December – 4pm
Light a candle at The Memorial Service at St Mary’s Church, Todmorden
Sunday 6 December – 4pm
Join in the lighting of a tree of remembrance at Overgate Hospice
Thursday 17 December – 6.30pm
Join in the lighting of a tree of remembrance at Overgate Hospice
Click here for more information on The Overgate Hospice or visit lightup.overgatehospice.org.uk for details of the Light Up A Life Appeal 2015
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