Bristol Poppy Collection

The goal was to raise £30,000 for the Royal British Legion in one day and everyone turned out to help. Members of the Prince of Wales Band joined the Military Wives Choir, artists and performers Georgia Hinton, Andy Maxted, Emma Comley, Daisy Alexandra and Harrison Laner Main to entertain shoppers at Cabot Circus.  Across central Bristol reservists from HMS FLYING FOX, the MoD at Abbeywood and many others sold poppy pins and collected donations.  Mrs Peaches Golding OBE, Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Bristol remarked that soldiers, sailors and air people from conflicts such as World Wars I and II as well as Afghanistan, Iraq and the Falklands benefit from case workers funded by donations to the Poppy Appeal.  These individuals displayed the Armed Forces values of bravery, courage, dedication and loyalty and helped to create the freedoms we all currently enjoy.  It is now our time to assist them, if they are in need.  Among the guests was Sqn Leader Johnny Johnston MBE DFM and Lord Mayor Cllr Jos Clarke.

(Photo credit: Shawn Spencer-Smith)