TREES will be planted in Witney on Remembrance Sunday to mark the centenary of the First World War.

A line of eight oaks selected by the Witney Churches Together religious group will be planted at The Leys recreation ground on Sunday, November 9, at 12.30pm.

It will represent each of the denominations in the group.

The idea was first mooted by Witney Quakers, part of the group, and was agreed by Witney Town Council’s 1914 working party.

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Quakers member Don Mason said: “We asked to plant trees because Churches Together in Witney wanted the commemoration of those killed and injured in conflict to be living rather than cold stone.

“As the trees grow they will increasingly enhance the place in which they are planted.”

The town council’s works and contracts supervisor John Hickman and his team will prepare the site and dig foundations before the planting is completed at the ceremony.

The Leys was bought by Witney Town Council from the Church of England after the Second World War for more than £1,000 as a memorial to the Fallen.

 

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