Celebrities voice London travel announcements for Poppy Day
Joanna Lumley will be heard at stations including Stockwell, Tower Hill, Bank and Bond Street
The
voices of celebrities including Stephen Fry, Barbara Windsor and Joanna
Lumley will echo across trains and buses as part of London Poppy Day.
Manager Arsene Wenger and footballers Joey Barton, Andros
Townsend and John Terry will voice the announcements at stations near
their football stadiums.
There will also be special performances by X Factor group Rough Copy and magician Troy.
It is all in aid of the Royal British Legion's annual appeal.
To mark the centenary of the First World War, Transport for
London has created a special poppy design incorporating the line from
the famous poem by John McCrae, In Flanders fields the poppies blow.
The design will be displayed on all Tube and Docklands Light Railway trains, the Emirates Air Line cabins and trams.
Actor Brian Blessed will be heard at Waterloo
Two Tube trains, one on the Metropolitan line and one other on
the Circle line; a London overground train and 10 London buses will also
be completely wrapped in the design.
Visitors to Covent Garden will be able to see the world's
only operational B-type bus, which was used to transport troops during
the war.
London's transport commissioner, Sir Peter Hendy CBE, said:
"This time of year is always poignant as the nation remembers those who
made such profound sacrifices, and this year is particularly important
as we mark the centenary of the start of the Great War.
"People living and working in London will see our specially
wrapped trains and buses displaying the poppy design, in honour of the
4,500 transport workers who gave their lives in both World Wars and
other conflicts."
Bus images here and above supplied by Graham Smith and below by Malcolm Conway
| Celebrity | Tube stations voice will appear at |
|---|---|
| Arsenal's Arsene Wenger and Mikel Arteta | Arsenal, Holloway Road, Finsbury Park |
| Brian Blessed | Waterloo, Cannon Street, St James's Park, Theydon Bois, Liverpool Street |
| Barbara Windsor | Great Portland Street, Baker Street, Leytonstone, Aldgate, Paddington, Northwick Park, Blackfriars |
| Michael Portillo | Pimlico, South Kensington, Sloane Sq |
| Trevor Nelson | Barbican, Oval, Green Park, Old Street, Rayners Lane |
| Sir Terry Wogan | Charing Cross, Ealing Broadway, Embankment, Hammersmith (Hammersmith & City and Circle line) Goldhawk Road, Latimer Road, Ladbroke Grove, Westbourne Park, Royal Oak, Paddington (Suburban) |
| Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson | London Bridge, Angel, Islington |
| Emma Freud | Notting Hill Gate, Marylebone, Shepherd's Bush, Knightsbridge |
| Joanna Lumley | Stockwell, Canary Wharf, Tower Hill, Bank, Hyde Park Corner, Bond Street, North Greenwich |
| Stephen Fry | Westminster, Victoria, Covent Garden, Southwark, Hammersmith (District & Piccadilly line) |
| Peter Dickson (Voice of X Factor) | Oxford Circus, Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, South Kenton |
| Tottenham Hotspur's Andros Townsend and Ben Davies | Seven Sisters, Tottenham Hale, Tottenham Court Road |
| Queens Park Rangers' Joey Barton and Rob Green | White City, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush Market |
| Marcus Bentley (Voice of Big Brother) | Euston, Monument, Temple |
| Fulham's Scott Parker and Dan Burn | Putney Bridge, Parson's Green |
| Chelsea's John Terry | Fulham Broadway, Earl's Court, West Brompton |
