Some 60 villagers and their children from Pant attended the annual remembrance service held in Pant Memorial Hall.
The service, which in its current form goes back about 10 years, remembers the sacrifice made by so many people in conflicts around the world and is also the reason the Memorial Hall was founded as a facility for the local community in the first place.
Beryl Phillips, secretary of Pant Memorial Hall with Rev. Kathryn Trimby
The service was conducted by Reverend Kathy Trimby, who combined both a solemn remembrance of armed conflicts with hope for the future. Hope was further emphasised by the presence of the Morton Minors, a local musical youth group, who sang and played a number of songs and tunes to give an uplifting feel to the evening’s events.
The Hall’s origins lie in the First World War. Following the Great War of 1914-18 there were moves throughout the country to create war memorials. Money was collected for this in Pant and in 1920 the idea evolved for a small leisure building and a nucleus of people came together making plans. On 9th February 1922, a document records the purchase of land with conditions that required a building to be erected as a Reading Room Club and Village Institute for general purpose use of all residents in Pant.
Since then, the Institute’s hall has acted as the village hall for Pant and holds a wide range of community, leisure and personal events throughout the year.
The annual remembrance service, though, is one of the events in the year that truly reflects the purpose and vision of Pant Memorial Hall.
At the end of the evening it was announced that the team of helpers that sell poppies in Pant, Llanymynech and Morton, headed up by Daisy Morris, had raised £728 this year for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal, which helps support veterans, service men and women and their families.