Timsbury Royal British Legion was the venue for a presentation of Medals, Bars, Badges of Merit, Brooches and Certificates for all of their volunteers and businesses who have collected and raised thousands of pounds for the Poppy Appeal over many years.

Two of the volunteers,

Val Swain and Gay Fear, from Camerton and Tunley, have been collecting for fifty years this year.

Between all of the volunteers, they have notched up nearly four hundred years’ service, going out on dark, cold and wet October and November evenings, collecting door-to-door.

The presentation was made by the Somerset Royal British Legion Chairman, Robert McDonald. Chris Fiddes, the Poppy Appeal Organiser/Standard Bearer for Timsbury, Camerton and Tunley, thanked all the individual volunteers and representatives from the Parish Council, as well as Timsbury School, Surgery, Cheshire Home, Co-op, McColls and Our Plaice Chip Shop, who attended.

A spokesperson for the group said: “Timsbury Royal British Legion thoroughly appreciate all the hard work and dedication given by the individual volunteers and businesses in the village for their support every year.

“Without you, we would not be able to raise the amazing amount of money we do every year, which was £3,866.43 in our area and a Somerset total of £889,848.65, helping to make a nationwide total of over £44 million for 2016.”

This year’s Poppy Appeal period is from Saturday, 28th October to Saturday, 11th November.