WHILE the town will fall silent at 12.27pm on Tuesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Warrington bombing, many people will remember the victims with a Colours for Peace Day.
School and businesses have been invited to dress in the colours of the foundation – green, white and blue – on Tuesday in memory of the two young boys whose lives were cut tragically short.
The money collected during the awareness day will help enable the team to support more victims of terrorism and communities living in conflict.
Those who take part are asked to make a minimum £1 donation to the foundation.
Wendy Parry, Tim’s mum, said: “As there will be a service in the town to commemorate the 25th anniversary we also wanted to do something that everyone else can do.
“Whether it is companies or schools, everyone can get involved and it will be their way of remembering Tim and Johnathan and what happened on that day.”
More than 100 businesses and schools have already agreed to take part in the Colours for Peace day including the Warrington Guardian, United Utilities, Culture Warrington, Priestley College and Warrington and Vale Royal College.
A quarter of a century ago on March 20, 1993, two IRA bombs exploded on Bridge Street killing 12-year-old Tim Parry and three-year-old Johnathan Ball while injuring many more.
A commemoration service will be held on Bridge Street on Tuesday with HRH The Princess Royal in attendance. For a list of the road closures click here.
To register your support for the Colours for Peace day call 581234 or visit peace-foundation.org.uk. Don't forget to send us your photos on the Colours for Peace Day below.
The list of schools and businesses taking part in the Colours for Peace Day:
Warrington Guardian
Penketh High School
Christ Church Primary
Bradshaw Primary
Belong Warrington
Bridgewater High School
Black Mango
Helsby High School
Penketh South Primary
St Stephen’s Primary
FDR Law
Fox Wood School
Chapelford Primary School
St Thomas’ CE Primary School
Deepbridge Capital
Warrington and Vale Royal College
St Barnabas’ Primary
Oakwood Primary
St Bridget’s Primary
St Peter’s Primary
Sankey Valley St James Primary
Sankey High
Carpe Diem
Barrow Hall Primary
Royal Bank of Scotland
Priestley College
St Monica’s Catholic Primary
Gladstone Brookes
Ikea
The Village Hotel Warrington
Barclays
Galliford Try
Howard Worth
SER LTD
The Hub
The Base
Burnley High School
The Fundraising Agency
Brighter Kind
Network Warrington
Pluss Org
Rullion Recruitment
Prestige Recruitment Services
Broomfields Junior School
Culture Warrington
Latchford St James Primary
Great Sankey Primary
Sacred Heart Primary
Stockton Heath Primary
United Utilities
Ravenbank Community Primary
Cherry Tree Primary
Sir Thomas Boteler High
Carol Levison
Clubbercise Warrington
Evelyn Street Primary
Livewire Warrington
Watsons Solicitors
St Augustine’s Primary
Patrizia
Birchwood Park, Chadwick House
Prestige LTD
The White House
Learn Direct
Primas Law
BNI Warrington
Women and children’s health department at Warrington Hospital
Manchester Enterprise Academy
Statham Community Primary
Woolston Sixth Form
Newchurch Community Primary
Park Road Community Primary
Our Lady’s Catholic Primary
St Benedict’s Primary
Signature FS
Lark Hill Primary
Bench Hill Primary
St Peter’s Primary- Manchester
Ringway Primary
The Partridge Pub
The Cobbs Nursery and Infant School
St Francis Primary
Webster Primary
Irk Valley Community School
Holy Trinity CE Primary
Broadhurst Primary
Crosslee Primary
Chorlton CE
Stanley Grove Primary Academy
St Agnes CE Primary
Plymouth Grove Primary
Adele Carr
St Gregory’s Catholic High
The Innovation Centre
Techspace One
Vanguard House
St Alban’s Catholic Primary
Beamont Community Primary
Twiss Green Community Primary
CPM
Connex Education
Halifax Warrington
Kids Planet Day Nursery
Dallam Primary
St Paul of the Cross Primary
St Andrews CE Primary
Alderman Bolton Primary
Catalyst Choices
Culcheth Day Nursery
Croft Primary
Holly Grange Montessori Nursery
Active Cheshire
Colours for Peace Day
Marking the 25th anniversary of the Warrington bombing on March 20, 1993
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