BOLTON Council will not be be joining the Royal British Legion's nationwide campaign to restore a two minute silence on Armistice Day tomorrow.

A spokesman for the council said they only received a letter from the organisation asking them to join in the "Ten Thousand Silences Campaign" two weeks ago so did not have a chance to make any arrangements.

But he added: "We will be discussing with other local authorities in Greater Manchester about doing something next year." Many other local authorities, businesses and other organisations have joined this year's restoration of the two minute silence.

Spurred on by the tremendous public support for the VE and VJ Day 50th anniversary commemorations this year, the Legion is confident that much of Britain will come to a halt at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

There was a time when a hush fell across Britain at 1100 on Armistice Day - the exact time of the First World War ceasefire in 1918.

Public transport came to a halt and people stood still in the streets, as the horrors of war were recalled.

But the two-minute silence, which was first observed in 1920, was suspended at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.

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