£58,000 poppy appeal record
Reporter: DAWN MARSDEN
Date published: 18 March 2014
THE Royal British Legion is celebrating a record-breaking haul for this year’s poppy appeal - for which Oldhamers raised £58,800.
Over £510,000 was collected across Greater Manchester - the fifth year in a row the region’s collectors have boosted their previous year’s total.
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