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Pictures: Hall of Memory in Centenary Square

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Tamlyn JonesBusiness Reporter

16:55, 7 NOV 2014
Updated17:48, 19 DEC 2014

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View of Hall of Memory and Central Library from the Hyatt Hotel2 of 22
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Remembrance Sunday Service4 of 22
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Veterans attend an Armistice Day service6 of 22
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Broad Street and Hall of Memory at night8 of 22
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Lord Mayor of Birmingham Coun Shafique Shah lays a wreath to mark 2014 Remembrance Day service at the Hall of Memory17 of 22
The 2014 Remembrance Day service and parade at the Hall of Memory18 of 22
2014 Remembrance Day service and parade at the Hall of Memory19 of 22
2014 Remembrance Day service and parade at the Hall of Memory20 of 22
2014 Remembrance Day service and parade at the Hall of Memory21 of 22
Poppies laid to mark the 2014 Remembrance Day service22 of 22

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