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Time for Remembrance<br />
In the spring of last year, someone in our Knitting and<br />
Stitching group at St. John the Baptist Church suggested<br />
a project for us. Perhaps we could knit or crochet<br />
poppies for display on Remembrance Sunday? We all<br />
agreed that this would be a very worthwhile project. We<br />
found several patterns which members of the group<br />
worked very successfully in a variety of shades of red.<br />
Before long we had over 80 poppies which were used<br />
in a display to depict the musical, Oh, What a Lovely<br />
War! In the September flower festival. The exhibit<br />
caused much comment; several people asked for the<br />
patterns and offered completed poppies to the collection<br />
in church. Very soon we had over 200 poppies which<br />
were displayed around the pulpit on Remembrance<br />
Sunday.<br />
The war memorial in the churchyard has over 300<br />
names of local residents who gave their lives in the First<br />
and Second World Wars. It is our intention to continue<br />
knitting and crocheting until there is a poppy to<br />
commemorate every one of those lives lost<br />
.<br />
Averill Lovatt<br />
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