TfL pays tribute to Remembrance Day
IF you were travelling across London on the Underground at the weekend, you might have noticed the famous roundel signs have been decorated with poppies.
Poppy roundels could be spotted at 10 Tube stations and four Overground stations.
Underground, Overground and DLR trains, trams and the Santander cycles, which people can hire, also had poppies on the front.
You might also have spotted one of the eight London buses which have been covered in a striking poppy design.
Transport for London (TfL) decorated its network above and below ground with poppies to mark London Poppy Day, which was on Thursday, November 1. The poppies stayed for the whole Remembrance period, which included Remembrance Day on Sunday as the country marks the centenary since the end of the First World War.
On London Poppy Day, more than 1,200 members of the Royal Navy, Army and RAF collected donations at Underground stations.
There was also a special collection on the Circle line where TfL staff, who are serving or exserving military, were joined by Britain’s Got Talent winner Lance Corporal Richard Jones.
Royal British Legion volunteers were also collecting at stations and you might have heard the famous voices of Shane Richie, Leslie Joseph and Jo Brand coming over the speaker encouraging people to give generously.