Brigg folk are being asked to dig deep this year when supporting the annual Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.
Coun Maureen Glossop (pictured), who co-ordinates collections in the Brigg area, is urging people to give generously.
There are many outlets where you can donate in return for a poppy, knowing your money will be put to good use supporting old soldiers and their families.
As a community we've topped £5,000 before - so this year let's make it a record amount!
With all the problems in Afghanistan and Iraq, British forces are very much in the news - and the frontline. So when you see a collecting tin in Brigg - perhaps in a local shop - chip in a bit more than you usually do.
The Poppy Appeal and the Royal British Legion have strong personal connections for me, as grandfather Charles Taylor (1896-1990) was heavily involved with both in Brigg for many decades, and laid a wreath at The Monument every Remembrance Sunday until he was into his 80s.
Charles, from Hawthorn Avenue, who senior Brigg residents may well remember, was injured in action during the First World War. Being too old for the 1939-45 conflict, he did his bit as a sergeant in the town's Home Guard detachment, plus holding down his full-time job as a painter/signwriter at Layne's garage, in Bigby Street.
In the early 1920s, when Brigg Servicemen's Club was established, he was one of the first members and enjoyed his final drink there just a few months before his death.
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