A series of discussions on topics which are of interest to the people of the Woking area and the wider world Join us in commemorating the first use of atom bomb
THE United Kingdom has become the world’s third biggest spender on nuclear weapons – overtaking Russian expenditure. Our Government wants to buy nuclear-capable fighter jets and is increasing its nuclear arsenal to 260 warheads. Each of these bombs is eight times the power of the one dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in 1945, the first use of nuclear weapons during a war. Why is our Government spending billions of pounds on weapons of mass destruction when investment is urgently needed in our National Health Service, education system, roads and other infrastructure and green jobs? Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament groups across the country organise events to commemorate the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and then Nagasaki, while demanding that the Government prioritises People not Nukes. Members of our local CND branch, Woking Action for Peace, and Woking Debates committee are again organising a commemoration, this year on Sunday, August 9. As in previous years, everyone is welcome to join us on the towpath of the Wey Navigation,
The devastation in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped on August 6, 1945.

 by the New Inn pub in Send Road, Send.

As dusk falls, we will light tealights and candles on the canal bank and there will be readings and expressions of thought by those present. We will then float white flower petals on the waterway, in a traditional Japanese ceremony that commemorates the dead.

We will be assembling at the New Inn for refreshments from 7pm. The pub serves meals on a Sunday until 6pm if you would like to eat there before the ceremony.

For more information, email keithsc_2000@yahoo.com.