The Poppy Appeal Launch

We were invited to take part in the Dorset Poppy Appeal launch at Palmers Brewery
on 24th October.

Gemma, Claire, Becky, Rachael, Alex, Harriet and Selena recited 'The Victory Emblem'.

Oh! You who sleep in Flanders' fields,
Sleep sweet - to rise anew:
We caught the torch you threw,
And holding high we kept
The faith with those who died.

We cherish, too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valour led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders' fields.

And now the torch and Poppy red
Wear in honour of our dead.
Fear not that ye have died for naught:
We've learned the lesson that ye taught
In Flanders' fields.