Actress Barbara Windsor will take to the tannoy at Tube stations on London Poppy Day to raise money for the Royal British Legion. She will ask the public to donate money for a poppy.
Windsor said: "We want this year desperately to get to a million."
Barbara Windsor, star of the Carry on films and Eastenders, is joining forces with the Royal British Legion to raise money this year.
On November 1st, which is London Poppy Day, the actress will take to the tannoy at London Underground stations to ask the public to donate money for a poppy. This year the charity hopes to raise £1 million.
London's Poppy Day commemoration will have an East End twist this year, as Barbara Windsor takes over as the voice of the Underground. The actress will be making announcements at tube stations on November the 1st, as the Royal British Legion attempts to raise half a million pounds in donations.
Ex Eastenders actress Barbara Windsor has joined the fundraising effort to repair a church famous for its links to the acting profession.
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Barbara Windsor launched an emergency appeal to save the gardens at the 'Actor's Church' in London's West End.
It will cost one hundred thousand pounds to restore the land by St Paul's parish church in Covent Garden. The gardens are subsiding because of collapsing vaults underground.
Babs Windsor today unveiled her list of ideal street party guests, past and present, with whom to celebrate the Jubilee.
She revealed her fab four to be late singer Amy Winehouse, Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth, wartime PM Sir Winston Churchill and athlete Jessica Ennis
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The Shoreditch-born former Carry On star, 74, was chosen by mayor Boris Johnson to drum up interest in July 3rd's Big Jubilee Lunch.
She said she'd chosen Amy lead a sing-song, Sir Winston for his speeches, Jessica because she's an Olympic hopeful, while Colin was "a lovely bit of eye candy."
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Barbara Windsor will be at Madame Tussaud's later hosting a street party where she is guaranteed to be the most animated guest.
She'll be gathering together a number of 'ideal' party guests from among the Tussaud's collection of waxworks as part of a stunt to promote Jubilee street celebrations.
The actress is the London Mayor's official street party ambassador, and is hoping to encourage people to get out the bunting on June 3rd.
Barbara Windsor hosted the perfect British tea party in preparation for the Diamond Jubilee weekend.
She enjoyed sandwiches, scones and cupcakes with 60 scouts in the grounds of Buckingham Palace to encourage other people in the UK to have lunch with their neighbours, friends and family on June 3rd.
Barbara arrived with a large trifle for the youngsters from the Lewisham North Scout Groups and she also shared her tips for successful street party celebrations.
She said: "All we ask is for people to have lunch with their neighbours on June 3rd, that's not too much to ask is it?
The street parties were a big success when we did them at the royal wedding and they weren't just in London, they really captured the spirit of the whole nation. We feel very honoured that the Queen has chosen the Big Lunch to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee."
Barbara was asked to be London's official street party ambassador by London Mayor Boris Johnson two years ago after they appeared in a scene together in EastEnders.
