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PICTURES: Remembrance Day marked across Market Harborough

The Symington Building with red lights supports the poppy appeal. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Harborough glows red to mark Remembrance commemorations this weekend

From left, John Ragg of Market Harborough Lions and Market Harborough Royal British Legion chairman Stewart Harrison on the poppy appeal stall at the indoor market.

Harborough's poppy appeal reaches £9,000 in first week

Outgoing chairman Cllr Neil Bannister welcomes the new chairman Cllr Barbara Johnson. Picture - Andrew Carpenter

New chairman officially appointed to serve Harborough District Council

Pat Middleton on behalf of the WRENS during the wreath laying on VE Day. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Wreath-laying service commemorates the VE Day anniversary in Harborough

The new plastic-free poppy (Photo: Royal British Legion)

Royal British Legion announce new plastic-free Remembrance Day poppies

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Poignant postcards by Kibworth artist raise money for Royal British Legion

We will remember them...from left, Sheila Caberwal, Steve Sherwood and Jane Timms on the poppy stall at Harborough indoor market. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

All you need to know about the Remembrance Day Service and Parade

War veterans David John Dade (Left) and Ken Sprowles at the launch of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal in central London (photo: Getty Images)

Annual Poppy Appeal is launched across the UK
Each year the Poppy appeal is launched to pay tribute to those who have served and sacrificed during Remembrance. In 2022 the Poppy Appeal campaign will see collectors distributing poppies across the United Kingdom once again.

Wreaths lay at the foot of the Cenotaph after the Remembrance Day (getty images)

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A massive effort is being launched to track down Second World War veterans in Harborough and across the East Midlands.

Massive effort launched to track down Second World War veterans in Harborough an...

Molly Leeder, 11, helps grandad Stewart Harrison, chairman of Market Harborough Royal British Legion, during the Poppy Appeal launch at Market Harborough indoor market. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

'I am genuinely lost for words' - Harborough's annual Poppy Appeal generates hug...

Market Harborough Building Society was lit up in strikingly symbolic red as townspeople paid tribute to servicemen and women killed in the two world wars as well as in all other conflicts over the years.

Harborough town centre bathed in a powerful poppy red glow to salute our fallen ...

The headquarters of Leicestershire County Council are being lit up in powerful blood red to mark Remembrance this year.

Leicestershire County Council's HQ will be lit up in red to mark Remembrance thi...

Mick Crook, top, during the open Anderson Shelter day. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Photos: Visitors get to see inside a wartime bunker in Harborough - and help the...

Poppy Appeal launch...from left, John Ragg and Lynda Ragg of Harborough Lions 2012, Molly Leeder, 11, and Stewart Harrison, chairman of Market Harborough Royal British Legion, at Market Harborough indoor market. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Harborough's Poppy Appeal gets off to a 'cracking start'

Harborough MP Neil O’Brien has saluted a whole host of thriving community and voluntary groups in Market Harborough.

Harborough MP salutes thriving community and voluntary groups in Harborough

Market Harborough Royal British Legion president Barbara Johnson lays a wreath to celebrate a 100 years.

Harborough’s Royal British Legion leaders lay a wreath to mark their 100th anniv...

John Morley

Royal British Legion stalwart bids an emotional final salute to Harborough after...

Market Harborough’s Royal British Legion leaders are to lay a wreath in the town centre on Saturday (May 15) to mark the 100th anniversary of their world-famous organisation.

Harborough’s Royal British Legion leaders will lay a wreath in the town centre t...

Front, incoming president Barbara Johnson with chairman Stewart Harrison and outgoing Rev John Morley looking on. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Harborough councillor becomes the first woman president of the Harborough branch...

From left, Rev John Morley president, Susanne Stevens general manager and Stewart Harrison chairman outside the Rosewood Manor with the portico included in the project. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Royal British Legion chiefs delighted with how a unique First World War memorial...

Rev John Morley with the flag at half mast in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore in the memorial gardens. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Union Flags flying at half mast in Harborough in respect to Captain Sir Tom Moor...

A brief but poignant ceremony will go ahead in Market Harborough town centre this morning (Wednesday) to commemorate Remembrance Day.

How Harborough will commemorate Remembrance Day today

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Wreath carriers gather around the memorial on the Square. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

'It was very solemn and very respectful' - how Harborough and Lutterworth still ...

Here’s how to download and print a poppy poster for your window this Remembrance...

How to join in on a doorstep two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday - and othe...

A 410ft wind turbine at Swinford Wind Farm has been turned into a giant poppy ahead of Remembrance Sunday.

Huge wind turbine in the Harborough district has been turned into a giant poppy ...

Why red poppies are worn for Remembrance season - and what the alternative colou...

This is why some people wear white poppies to mark Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day: the history of the Poppy Appeal and the Royal British Legion

Stewart Harrison, chairman of the Market Harborough branch of the RBL, and his family at their poppy stall.

People across Harborough are being urged to stay at home on Remembrance Sunday

Market Harborough Building Socity Welland House on the Square is lit red to support this year's poppy appeal. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Market Harborough Building Society will light up red every night to support and ...

Young support...Molly Leeder 10 and Ruby Houston 9 help out on the Royal British Legion stall. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Harborough's Poppy Appeal gets off to a cracking start despite Covid-19 restrict...

The building will be lip up in red.

Leicestershire’s County Hall and the Stand Easy memorial to be lit up in read to...

Here’s how to support Royal British Legion’s poppy appeal this year

Coronavirus restrictions will impact Remembrance Day services - what you need to...

The annual Poppy Appeal will still be going ahead in Market Harborough over the next few weeks – but in a very different way amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Here's how this year's Poppy Appeal will work in Harborough

Gwen Swinden, Lisa Tatton, Kathleen Tofrik, Pauline Law, Barbara Brown, Mary Freer and Fee Cayley.

Residents at nursing home near Harborough have been knitting scores of poppies f...

The iconic Forgotten Army is not forgotten any more as communities across Harborough united to mark VJ75 Day on Saturday (August 15).

Harborough remembers the 'Forgotten Army' to mark VJ75 Day

A ceremony in Market Harborough to mark the 75thanniversary of the defeat of Japan in the Second World War has had to be cancelled.

Harborough ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of VJ Day has been cancelled
"Sadly we have no choice in the current climate to call this off – and we totally understand that”

Stewart Harrison, left, with his mate Alan Henshaw.

Army and RAF veteran is back in Harborough after being stuck in Australia for fo...

Mike Veasey plays the last post during the Armed Forces Day in Lutterworth Memorial Gardens. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Photos from a moving ceremony held in Lutterworth to commemorate the nation’s an...

Armed Forces Day will be celebrated on Saturday June 27.

How Armed Forces Day will still be celebrated in Harborough despite the Covid-19...

Pauline McRory captured this image at Holly Close, Market Harborough, during sunset on Sunday.

Royal British Legion tells thousands of people across Harborough – you did us pr...

The nation is preparing to commemorate the 75thanniversary of Victory in Europe in the Second World War after Nazi Germany surrendered.

Harborough people urged to observe a poignant two-minute silence on VE Day this ...

The name plaques of 1655 men has been unveiled in the memorial gardens in Market Harborough. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER

Row over replica plaques erected at a unique Harborough war memorial