Equine guest at Montrose care home attends remembrance service
Residents of Fordmill care home in Montrose honoured the fallen at their annual Remembrance Service.
They joined with family, friends and neighbours to mark the poignant occasion.
As well as marking Remembrance Day by wearing their poppies proudly, residents also got up close and personal with Maggie May, a beautiful Clydesdale horse from Rolling Thunder Clydesdales.
Accompanied by her owners Amanda, Shonagh and Maggie, Maggie May joined the service, instinctively knowing when to bow her head.
She delighted in having a walk through the home, her ears twitching off the roof as she passed by residents’ doorways. She also spent time with them, happily posing for photographs.
Resident Marion Simpson said: “It was such a beautiful service and just perfect. We must remember them.”
Annette Burden, also a resident, added: “It was a beautiful touch having the horse. I love the smell of horses, it reminds me of growing up. And she really was a beauty.”
Fordmill deputy manager Lisa Harwood added: “It’s important as a home and community that we come together in these times and mark our respects to our fallen.
“Our residents reminisce about such times and it was and is such an important part in history, which they played a huge part in.”
Fordmill Care Home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, and provides nursing care and respite care.