Poppy appeal

[Administrator]

Poppy appeal

I APPEAL to the townspeople of Barry to lend their support to the Royal British Legion Poppy Day Appeal this year and to give as generously as possible when buying poppies.

The Royal British Legion will then be able, through the Poppy Fund, to continue its excellent work on behalf of ex-servicemen and women.

Arrangements have been made again this year, in conjunction with the Barry branch of the Royal British Legion, to hold a wreath laying service at the Memorial Hall Cenotaph at 10.55am on Sunday, November 11, 2007, which will be followed by a Remembrance Day Service in the Memorial Hall Theatre.

These services will be conducted by the Royal British Legion Chaplain and are open to members of the public. Weather permitting, in addition to the Service at the Cenotaph and in the Memorial Hall Theatre, the uniformed and ex-service organisations will parade through part of the town, the route for the parade is as follows: The parade will start at Thompson Street at 10.15am for a 10.25am march-off.

The procession will pause at the Merchant Navy Memorial at the Civic Offices, Holton Road, before continuing on to the Cenotaph at the Memorial Hall Theatre, Gladstone Road.

In the event of wet weather conditions, organisations and members of the public are requested to go straight to the Memorial Hall Theatre by 10.45am.

Councillor Maggie Payne Mayor of Barry

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A Poem for Remembrance Day

"The inquisitive mind of a child"

Why are they selling poppies, Mummy?
Selling poppies in town today.
The poppies, child, are flowers of love.
For the men who marched away

But why have they chosen a poppy, Mummy?
Why not a beautiful rose?
Because my child, men fought and died
In the fields where the poppies grow.

But why are the poppies so red, Mummy?
Why are the poppies so red?
Red is the colour of blood, my child.
The blood that our soldiers shed.

The heart of the poppy is black, Mummy.
Why does it have to be black?
Black, my child, is the symbol of grief.
For the men who never came back.

But why, Mummy are you crying so?
Your tears are giving you pain.
My tears are my fears for you my child.
For the world is forgetting again.

[A READER]

Dambusters memorial service

A WREATH laying ceremony was held on Saturday, May 17th 2008, at the Cenotaph in Barry by Mr John Hobbs chairman, on behalf of the Royal British Legion (Barry Branch) to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Dambusters raid on the Ruhre Dams in Germany, in which a Barry man Mr Yeo was killed taking part.