ceremony is a chance to meet old friends and acquaintances.

Mr. Richardson, who lives in Mullet Bay, St. George's, will step out of his home dressed smartly in his highly polished black shoes, gray pants and navy blue blazer, topped by a black beret and the trademark red and blue gunner tie.

Mr. Richardson, who captained St. George's Cup Match team between 1951-54, remembers his first Remembrance Day parade as Chairman of the Royal Artillery Association back in 1962.

"I was walking on air,'' he recalls. "Sir Julian Gascoigne was the Governor at that time.'' Tomorrow's parade marks 50 years he has been associated with the the RAA.

During the Second World War, Mr. Richardson, who was a member of the Bermuda Military Artillery from 1942-1945, served on the home front. He help operate the two six-inch guns at St David's Battery.

Mr. Richardson credits Major Philip Lightbourne with starting the Bermuda branch of the Royal Artillery Association in 1928.

Now boasting a membership of more than 300, the organisation has grown tremendously since Mr. Richardson joined in 1943.

A few months ago, the RAA received permission from the United Kingdom headquarters to accept Bermuda Regiment members into its own membership which was slowly dying out.

"We used to meet close to where the bus depot is now (in St. George's),'' he said. "But we moved into the building we are now in (on Barracks Hill, St.

George's) on October 23, 1963.

"The RAA's main function is to assist those members who are in dire need and to uphold a respectful image for the public. We help those in need and we have a sick committee which gives money to help with their bills.

"But those are just some of the things we do. We have two teams in the darts league and an annual cricket match between the RAA and the Ex-Artillerymen's club. There is also a ladies section that assists the branch.'' Tomorrow's ceremonies, which include a parade and wreath-laying ceremony at the Front Street Cenotaph, will be followed on Sunday with the RAA's own Remembrance Day parade and service in St. George's starting at 9.45 a.m.

"Our organisation is one of over 200 branches,'' Mr. Richardson said. "We have an ongoing tradition of holding a parade and service on the closest Sunday to Remembrance Day. This tradition began at the corner of Hyde Park (England) many years ago and it has been adopted by other RAA branches.'' "At exactly eleven o'clock on Remembrance Day Sunday, Her Majesty the Queen will lay a wreath at the War Memorial in Whitehall followed by a service.

Usually every RAA unit sends a representative for this occasion.'' Governor Lord Waddington, Premier the Hon. John Swan and Opposition Leader Mr.

Frederick Wade will again be part of the wreath laying party in King's Square.

After the wreaths are laid, there will be a two-minute silence and prayers by the rector of St. George's Parish Church before the parade moves on to the church for the service. Then it's back to the RAA club for a reception around 1 p.m.

Government yesterday issued a warning to motorists that there will be no parking on the following streets from 6 a.m. until the end of the parade: Front Street between Queen and Court Streets; Reid Street between Court and Parliament Streets; Parliament Street between Front and Reid Streets; Court Street between Reid and Front Streets and Point Pleasant Road.

From 10.10 a.m. Front Street will be closed to all traffic between King and Queen Streets until the parade has cleared Front Street.

Buses will be diverted onto Spurling Hill until the parade has dispersed.

There will be a No Entry sign posted at Spurling Hill and on Front Street from 10 a.m. until the parade finishes. Queen Street will be closed to all traffic between Front and Church Street until the parade has cleared onto Front Street.

BIG GUN -- Former St. George's Cup Match captain Mr. Ernest (Tubby) Richardson will mark a half century's association with the Royal Artillery Association when he joins the Remembrance Day Parade tomorrow.