Freedom Parade
Tameside Salutes Regiment
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Tameside saluted the The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment on Thursday, 26th July 2007, by allowing them to parade through Ashton Town Centre in celebration and honour of their recent Freedom of the Borough award.
The Regiment, preceded by the Regimental Band, started their parade from the Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels before marching through Ashton Town Centre towards the Market Ground, finishing in front of Ashton Town Hall. The Civic Mayor of Tameside, Councillor Michael Smith, was waiting on the Town Hall steps to greet the parade alongside the Colonel of the Regiment.
Hundreds of people turned out to watch the parade, cheering and clapping the troops as they marched by. The 2nd Battalion of the Regiment have only recently returned from operations in Iraq and they were given a special mention in the speeches that followed the Parade.
The Regiment have conducted a number of similar parades across the northwest in recent weeks to celebrate the return of the troops from areas of conflict.
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