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Trees lit up red at war memorial in Wick ahead of Remembrance weekend





David Sutherland (left), contracts manager with G & A Barnie, along with Wick Community Council chairwoman Joanna Coghill (right) and members (from left) Doreen Turner, Alastair Ferrier, Roy Mackenzie and Eswyl Fell in front of the Wick war memorial which has been lit for the annual Remembrance weekend. Picture: Robert MacDonald/Northern Studios
David Sutherland (left), contracts manager with G & A Barnie, along with Wick Community Council chairwoman Joanna Coghill (right) and members (from left) Doreen Turner, Alastair Ferrier, Roy Mackenzie and Eswyl Fell in front of the Wick war memorial which has been lit for the annual Remembrance weekend. Picture: Robert MacDonald/Northern Studios

Trees around the war memorial outside Caithness General Hospital have been lit up in red this week ahead of Armistice Day on Friday.

The uplighters, which can be programmed to show different colours, had originally been intended to be put in place by the end of the year but they were installed early to mark the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II in September, when they were lit in red, white and blue.

The project was led by Alastair Ferrier on the Royal Burgh of Wick Community Council and local electrical group G & A Barnie, in conjunction with NHS Highland.

Mr Ferrier said: "We supplied the lights and G & A Barnie installed them – a few of the bosses basically dropped everything and came out and did it. We want to say a massive thank you to them for doing that off their own backs.

"The lights rotate through the colours each night, but on Halloween, for example, we changed them to orange, green and purple.

"Every night this week they'll be sitting at red for the poppy week, to support the British Legion, who have their flags up behind the memorial."

A two-minute silence and wreath-laying will take place at the war memorial at 11am on Friday, followed by the traditional ceremony on Remembrance Sunday.

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