AN INVITATION TO ATTEND THE GWR POPPIES TO PADDINGTON EVENT ON Monday 11th NOVEMBER 2024 AT HONEYBOURNE STATION
Great Western Railway have invited the Chair of Honeybourne Parish Council to participate in their Poppies to Paddington event. This will take place on Monday 11th November at 7:57am on Platform 2, when the Chair will hand a poppy wreath to the GWR team at the door of the leading First Class carriage.
On arrival at Paddington Station the wreath will be placed at the War Memorial on Platform 1 along with dozens of other wreaths from across the GWR network.
GWR have been running the Poppy Trains for five years, since Covid, when local Armistice Day ceremonies were not possible. The Poppy Trains became very popular and GWR were asked if they would continue to run them. The Chair hopes you will be able to join him at the station on the morning of 11th November. This year, the event is specifically commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
