MOST of South East Cornwall’s Remembrance services will not be taking place this weekend, but communities are being encouraged to mark Remembrance Sunday and Armistice in different ways.

In Looe, and Dobwalls, there will be no organized formal laying of wreaths at the war memorial, but groups are invited to send a representative to place a wreath at a time suitable to them.

In Saltash, large poppies have been affixed to lampposts and businesses are being encouraged to create Remembrance displays in their windows to support the poppy appeal. Simple wreath laying ceremonies will take place at the war memorials and a two minute silence will be observed by Saltash Town Council members on the Waterside.

In Looe, the Town Council and the RBL have encouraged residents to “fill the town’s windows with poppies”.

And in many places, people will come out onto their doorsteps at 11am on Sunday (November 8) to observe their own two minutes’ silence.

In Callington, a huge community effort has resulted in the creation of a spectacular “Poppy Wave” at St Mary’s Church, and the installation has attracted national attention. The town’s RBL said it would be meeting at the War Memorial for a short service but that there would just be six representatives of the RBL and the Town Council there and that it would not be a public event. A spokesperson for the branch said: “People who would like to lay wreaths should call the Town Hall and collect them before Thursday, and then lay them at the Memorial at their own leisure after 3pm on November 8, maintaining social distancing.”Every year, the Royal British Legion calls on the nation to unite in commemorating Remembrance Sunday. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and in light of the risks posed, the annual Remembrance Sunday March Past the Cenotaph will not take place this year. However, the Government-led Remembrance Service at the Cenotaph will go ahead as a closed ceremony.The British Legion says it is up to individual areas to decide how to mark the occasion, with some cancelling their planned event and other areas holding a very small Remembrance Day event, with only a few representatives taking part and no parade.Despite the changes this year, the Royal British Legion is encouraging people across the nations to ensure Remembrance Sunday is still marked appropriately by taking part in remote and socially-distanced Remembrance activity, whether that be watching the service on television or pausing for the Two-Minute Silence in their home or on their doorsteps.