It was May when we first decided to organise a poppy cascade from the tower of a very old church to commemorate the WW1-100. We asked the community to knit or crochet poppies and by the end of October over 4,200 had been donated. Some even came from the USA where a family who used to live in the village had moved to. How to construct the installation took a lot of thinking about, but finally it all came together and at the beginning of November it went 'Over the Top'. That is the name we called it, as those who fought would say those words as they climbed over the trenches into battle. Over the last ten days it has rained and the wind has blown but fortunately the cascade has remained in place, although a bit soggy! The porch was also decorated. And this is what it looked like on the evening of Remembrance Sunday. The poppy installation has attracted wide press coverage and hundreds of visitors have come to see it and look at the ex...
