On Wednesday, 6 August, 80 years since the first Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, London Region CND will come together for our annual commemoration in Tavistock Square.
We will meet at noon with commemorations lasting till 1 PM. Please see below for the full programme.
Hiroshima Day, 2025
Programme
12:00 Choir - Raised Voices (5 mins)
12:05 Welcome
Hannah Kemp-Welch, Vice-Chair London CND (2 mins)
Councillor Eddie Hanson - Mayor of Camden (5 mins)
12:15 Memorial
Laying of the wreath - Councillor Eddie Hanson (3 mins)
Chanting - Rev Negase (3 mins)
12:20 Speeches
Councillor Emma Dent-Coad, London CND Vice-President (5 mins)
Murad Qureshi, London CND Vice-President (5 mins)
12:40 Cultural responses
Michael Mears, performance (7 mins)
Jan Woolf, reading (5 mins)
Hugh Goodwin, guitar (3 mins)
12:50 Close
Carol Turner, Chair London CND - London CND announcements (2 mins)
Shigeo Kobayashi, Japanese Against Nuclear - Nagasaki Day announcement (2 mins)
Thanks - Hannah Kemp-Welch (2 mins)