10.00 Official opening with the commemoration of a plaque dedicated to Albert Ball
10.30 bagpipe players will play about 20 minutes
11.00 a short speech of the head supervisor and there will be the pigeons (Doves?) flight
11.30 a second play of bagpipes
12.00 closing of the exhibition
12.00 to 13.30 lunch
For those who wish to go to the cemetery there will be a service of remembrance by a reverend at 14:00 with laying of wreaths by the relatives and officials followed by a short speech by officials of Nottingham.
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So, with our plan for the main group to leave the hotel at 09:00, the quick route to the crash site should get us there for 10:15 to meet up with Ian, Marie and Gerald.
If we lay our wreath at 10:30 it's then only 5 mins to the school so we should be OK to arrive at 10:50 - as we wouldn't want to interrupt the bagpipes - would we