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| Bristol and Somerset Poppy Appeal honours Olive Cooke | Bristol and Somerset Poppy Appeal honours Olive Cooke |
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| The life of the UK's longest serving poppy seller will be honoured at the start of Bristol and Somerset's 2015 Poppy Appeal. | |
| Olive Cooke, who died in May aged 92, collected for the Royal British Legion for 76 years, selling some 30,000 poppies. | Olive Cooke, who died in May aged 92, collected for the Royal British Legion for 76 years, selling some 30,000 poppies. |
| A ceramic rose formerly part of the Tower of London display, will be given to her family as part of the event. | A ceramic rose formerly part of the Tower of London display, will be given to her family as part of the event. |
| Twelve horses will also leave from MoD Abbey Wood to Bristol Cathedral. | Twelve horses will also leave from MoD Abbey Wood to Bristol Cathedral. |
| 'Special thing' | 'Special thing' |
| Fellow poppy collector, Anne Harrison has been asked by the Royal British Legion to stand in for Olive Cooke, who used to sell the poppies at Bristol Cathedral. | Fellow poppy collector, Anne Harrison has been asked by the Royal British Legion to stand in for Olive Cooke, who used to sell the poppies at Bristol Cathedral. |
| Ms Harrison said: "I have been collecting for the British Legion in Kingswood for a few years now but this year I felt particularly moved to give some time for the Poppy Appeal in Bristol to commemorate what Olive did. | Ms Harrison said: "I have been collecting for the British Legion in Kingswood for a few years now but this year I felt particularly moved to give some time for the Poppy Appeal in Bristol to commemorate what Olive did. |
| "I think it's a very special thing." | "I think it's a very special thing." |
| The procession of horses will mark the contribution made by horses in World War One. | The procession of horses will mark the contribution made by horses in World War One. |
| During the four years of war, some 340,000 were shipped off from Avonmouth to the front line having been stabled at the remount depot in Shirehampton. | During the four years of war, some 340,000 were shipped off from Avonmouth to the front line having been stabled at the remount depot in Shirehampton. |