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North-east knitters rally for Peterhead poppy tribute

Nancy Duncan from Peterhead
Nancy Duncan from Peterhead

A north-east project to commemorate the end of the First World War is on course to reach its target of 10,000 knitted poppies.

Nancy Duncan launched her appeal for people to help her create Peterhead’s very own tribute to mark the centenary of the end of the conflict.

Knitters from across Aberdeenshire and beyond have responded in droves and, so far, 6,000 of the red flowers have been produced.

The knitted poppies will cascade down a fishing net outside the town’s Baptist Church in November in a similar fashion to the Weeping Willow display at the Tower of London.

Miss Duncan is currently keeping thousands of the poppies in the spare room of her Peterhead home.

Last night, she said she was confident the knitters of the north-east would help her reach the goal.

Miss Duncan said: “When I said ‘let’s do 10,000’ I was being a bit optimistic, but I am just so pleased that folk have got behind it.

“I think we will get to the target because the poppies that have come in have come from around 100 and there are 400 people signed up.

“The majority of people making them are from the Buchan area and Aberdeen, but we have had people from Inverness, Elgin and one lady from Newcastle sends them up to her niece in Peterhead.”

Miss Duncan added she is urging other places throughout Britain to take on similar projects, so that the men who made the ultimate sacrifice are honoured in the communities whence they came.

The 59-year-old said: “Folk don’t want it to be forgotten about.

“One of the things I am doing is encouraging other communities to do the same thing, maybe not on the same scale as us this year, but for years to come.

“I’d like to see every town and village in the country have their own poppy display of some sort.”

Anyone interested in getting involved can contact Miss Duncan on 07483 223087.