Royal British Legion 2011 90th Anniversary contribution
This years contribution to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal takes a somewhat different direction allowing a high level of publicity also for the Kendal Castle Poppy Bid. This year the RBL celebrates its 90th Anniversary, 89 years of caring, providing and supporting the Veterans of the UK's armed services, moreso than ever its services are needed as since the First Gulf War in 199/91 our armed services have been involved in several long term and psychologically destructive conflicts, Gulf War I, Bosnia, Gulf War II, Afghanistan and Libya meaning more servicemen are seeking support than in previous decades following the Second World War. This year Kendal's Royal British Legion Branch is providing a celebrationary float, for those less familiar with the term ' a float ' is the flat bed of a truck, bedecked with a particular theme, its purpose two fold, firstly to provide the Towns folk with an annual Torchlight Carnival as the vehicles and supporting crews tour th...