100 poppies to line Westhoughton town centre streets

Deputy town mayor Neil Maher and Falklands War veteran putting up a street poppy

Some 100 poppies will be displayed on Westhoughton’s town centre streets to commemorate Remembrance Sunday.

The street poppies have been funded by Westhoughton Town Council for the fourth year running.

It means that £500 will be given to the Poppy Appeal, which helps the Royal British Legion support the Armed Forces community in lots of different ways.

The poppy became a symbol of Remembrance and hope for a peaceful future in the aftermath of the First World War.

Since 1921 collectors from the Royal British Legion have been at the heart of the Poppy Appeal. And this year they will once again be back in local communities like Westhoughton to collect donations that help RBL continue its vital work.

Falklands War veteran and Westhoughton deputy town mayor Neil Maher said: “It’s good that the town council is helping to commemorate Remembrance Sunday in our town centre. The poppies are a public display of our remembrance as a town and the Poppy Appeal does great work in supporting our Armed Forces community.”

Westhoughton Town Council also organises the town’s Remembrance Sunday service which takes place at the cenotaph at the corner of Market Street and Church Street.

If any community organisations want to organise a wreath for the cenotaph or residents would like to organise street poppies for their own street, please contact the Westhoughton Poppy Appeal at westhoughtonpoppyappeal@gmail.com.