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For the third consecutive year, the ladies of the Kitting Group, along with their partners have decorated the railings at St. Mary's Church, Upchurch with hundreds of knitted poppies, as a special Remembrance Sunday commemoration.
They look beautiful again!
The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal began on Saturday 24th October and ends on Saturday 7th November. It will conclude with a pre-recorded Festival of Remembrance from the Royal Albert Hall on the Saturday evening and a scaled-down Cenotaph Ceremony in Whitehall on Sunday morning.
In Upchurch planning is underway for the annual Remembrance Service on Sunday 8th November to include a two-minute silence at 11:00am. However, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, it will have to be different from usual as the church cannot welcome the usual number of people.
The service will begin at 10:30am and there will be limited seating available. To reserve a place at the service, please ring:
Jill Rothery, the Church Warden, on: 01795 481694. From Sunday 1st November onwards.
Donations
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Royal British Legion will not permit or support house to house collections, and so there will be no one calling at your home for donations this year.
Nevertheless, poppies and dated poppy pins will be available from the Upchurch shops, public houses, clubs and restaurants. The school has also been given a pack for the benefit of the children and staff.
This year for the first time, donations can be made using your mobile.
If you would like to download a poppy for a donation, this can be done at the following link: www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/ways-to-give/donate
Poppies printed this way are excellent for displaying in your windows especially the ones you can colour in yourselves.
Poppy Day Appeal organiser Gerry Lewin can supply - poppies, dated poppy pins, VE poppy pins, wooden crosses, car poppies and wrist bands etc. Please contact Gerry to see how he can help. Telephone: 01634 366113 - 07946 996789 Email: lewing135@btinternet.com
“WE WILL REMEMBER THEM”
Remembrance Sunday - November 8th 2020
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