Coun Dorothy Higginbottom will be the first person in the borough to buy a poppy from Aubrey Martin-Wells, chairman of the Barnsley branch of the Royal British Legion in the Alhambra Centre at 3pm.

 

She will be joined by guests including Dan Jarvis MP.

 

Following the launch, Coun Higginbottom will visit the Central Library to leave her own personal online message of remembrance by ‘planting’ a virtual poppy.