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Nov 2021
Last Updated: 02/11/2021
Ripon remembers with 75,000 poppies
A stunning display of 65,000 mostly hand-knitted poppies is attracting visitors from far and wide to Ripon. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service helped local volunteers put up the poppies as part of Remembrance Day commemorations.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service helping to put up the poppies in Ripon.
Hand-knitted poppies have been put up around Ripon as part of Remembrance Day commemorations.
Around 75,000 poppies, most of which have been knitted, have been placed around the city by an army of volunteers from Ripon Community Poppy Project.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue also helped to place the poppies in hard to reach locations.
Cllr Stuart Martin, who helps to ensure the display survives by providing support towards fundraising from his localities budget, has spoken to people from Cheshire and Lockerbie, who were visiting specifically to view the display.
Cllr Martin said:
“Those who made the sacrifice we remember gave us the freedom we have today. Without them, we would not be able to do the things we do and it is important to remember them.”
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This year, a Remembrance Sunday service will be held in the Spa Gardens, where Cllr Martin will also attend as county council chairman, followed by a further service at the Cathedral, where the second of Ripon’s two war memorials is situated.
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