Poppy appeal

THIS year’s Henley Poppy Appeal will be launched in Market Place tomorrow (Saturday).

The event, which runs from 9.30am to 2.30pm, will feature a military vehicle display and music from Sam Brown’s ukulele band.

Mayor Rory Hunt will be buy the first poppy at about 10.30am.

Volunteers with the Henley and Peppard branch of the Royal British Legion will also be selling poppies from Sunday to November 11 at the train station, Waitrose in King’s Road, Tesco, off Reading Road, and outside Starbucks in Market Place.