A handmade poppy cascade in Oswestry has captured hearts in a powerful display of remembrance.
More than 2,500 handmade poppies have been donated to Oswestry In Bloom’s Remembrance display, including a contribution from Germany.
Forty pairs of hands spent two days making the cascade for Oswestry Guildhall.
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There were enough poppies to support displays at the library and St Mary’s Church in Chirk.
Oswestry In Bloom chair Natalie Bainbridge praised the community effort and the hours spent creating the display. She said Oswestry had shown how small individual contributions could create a symbol of Remembrance and hoped the display would become an annual event.
Pat French, chair of the Oswestry branch of the Royal British Legion, attended the installation.
He praised the cascade as an addition to Remembrance events, thanked those involved and hoped it would become an annual tradition.
The Remembrance Procession starts at Bailey Head on Sunday at 10.30am, with people gathering beneath the cascade.
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