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Giant poppy scheme receiving good support – and there is still time to sponsor one for this year’s display
Over £500 has so far been raised by residents and businesses sponsoring the giant poppies that adorn Cramlington’s lamp posts in the run up to Remembrance Sunday.
Named below are those people who have given a donation and there is still time for you take part in the scheme which raises funds for the Royal British Legion.
If you would like to sponsor a poppy you can call in to the Cramlington Town Council office, Surveyors House, Blagdon Terrace, NE23 1DN between the hours of 10am and 3pm, Monday to Friday.
All donations will be passed on to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal via the Cramlington branch.
Cramlington Royal British Legion Branch chairman, Joe Wallace said, “It was fantastic to see the main routes coming into Cramlington lined with poppies last year and it was all the more special being the 100th year marking the Armistice.
It just goes to show the generosity of the local businesses and townspeople of Cramlington giving their thanks to those who sacrificed their lives so that we can live in peace”.
This year’s sponsors include: Trish Gray, Holland and Barrett, J and J Wallace, Sienna Athey, Health Wise, Peter and Joan Angus, Anne and Keith Alexander, Joan Skingsley, Paul Robinson, Sheila Baines, Jimmy Brown, Thomas and Elizabeth Hodgson, The Salvation Army, L McNulty, Terry Mullen, P and M Bullock, G Morland, J Coltman, R Dixon, Rosie Nelson, The Manor Walks Team, Graham Ellison, Joe Rees, Sharon Harriton, Liz Patterson, The Jewellers Guild, Mick Hardy, Margaret Tate, Pat Heard, Doris McGregor.
Liz Young, Tom Armstrong, Lal Qila, Court Hair, The Village Barber Shop, The Four Ladies, John Le Clerk, Eleven Boutique, Mandarin Bay, Anna’s Florist, Lord of the Manor, Cramlington Village Club, Vype, Lollybomb, Linzi Knox, Muffin Break, Dicksons, The Shearing Shack, John and Kirsty Kelly, Ann Brennan, Mr and Mrs C Thompson, Margaret Renton, John Dickson, Deborah Brown, Adrian and Sonia McLeod, Hayden Gudgin, McDivitt and Tunney Building Maintenance, Lindsey Harvey, Eddie West, Janet West, Gilly Legg, K Paisley, St John Ambulance Seghill Cadets, Helen Calvert, Jackie Wallace, Angus Oakley, Mark Bradshaw.
David Kennewell, Darren Tynan, Cramlington Welcome Methodists, The Women’s Institute Ann Rae, Alastair Rae, Mark Swinburn, Loraine De Simone, H. Duckworh Funeral Directors ( Front Street ), Helen Welsh, Sheelah Dalglish, 1ST Cramlington Brownies, Foreen Cole, Mercy Scott, Village Dentist, Linda Frazer, In memort of Joe Athey, In memory of John Nichols, Kathryn and Joe Cox , in memory of George McConnell.
Pictured: Eddie West with one of the giant poppies.
