An act of Remembrance by Stainborough Rotary members at Dodworth Station
Penistone Line Partnership attended Dodworth Station on 11 November for Stainborough Rotary’s memorial bench dedication.
Attending: Stainborough Rotary Members (Dodworth Station Adopters), local volunteers, Penistone Line Partnership (Sarah, Community Rail Officer & Ian, PLP Director), Network Rail staff, and station users.
All who were present gathered by the newly installed memorial bench and herb planters.
Read aloud by Stainborough Rotary members:
The Exhortation
“They shall grow not old, as that we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them”.
Two-minutes silence
The Kohima Epitaph
“When you go home, tell them of us and say,
For your tomorrow, we gave our today.”
A Wish by Maxine Kendall
Maybe it is pointless
To wish for lasting peace
For all mankind to lay down arms
For all fighting to cease
I could despair of seeing
Peace throughout the land
No longer hearing talk of war
Blood mixed with desert sand
We do not have the tolerance
For cultures not our own
Seeds fly on an ill wind
From beds where they are sown
Hope lies in a child’s heart
Not yet turned to stone
A mind free of prejudice
A child not alone
If all children of the world
Held each other’s hand
They could do what we could not
Make a Brotherhood of Man.
Wreath laying – Stainborough Rotary/PLP on behalf of Northern Trains Ltd.
The group shared memories and reflections of friends and family no longer with us.
Stainborough Rotary gives special thanks to Northern Trains Ltd for funding the memorial bench and planters, to PLP for their ongoing support, and to all the volunteers who have worked hard to make this part of the station beautiful.
Northern train at Dodworth Station, illustrated poppy, newly installed memorial bench and planters with Kay (Station adoption lead) and Keith, both Stainborough Rotary Members.
