Hebburn community decorates cemetery with thousands of poppies for Remembrance Day
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The Friends of Hebburn Cemetery, and members of the local community, have covered the grounds with more 13,000 poppies in respect of the fallen.
Hours of voluntary work have gone into decorating the cemetery with the handmade poppies, plus a heart made of blue poppies to applaud the NHS for their hard work during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Hide AdJohn Stewart, who runs the volunteer group, said: “It looks beautiful, everyone has worked so hard and it’s lovely to see the community come together.
"People have been hand-making these poppies during the last lockdown, it’s a massive community thing – particularly as we can’t have any Remembrance service this year, it still brings people together.”
The poppies are all knitted, crocheted or made of plastic and are on display throughout the cemetery grounds.
John continued: “It’s important to remember those who gave their all for us and this is a way of showing our respects.
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Hide Ad"We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for those heroes and it’s a great way to get involved with the community.”
South Tyneside Council asked families across the borough to pay their respects this year from home, or as part of virtual events, to keep everyone safe.
The display will be on show at the cemetery over the Remembrance period to honour members of the armed forces.
John added: “We have even had people wanting to start on poppies for next year!
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Hide Ad"This year has been really tough and we just wanted to showcase everyone’s hard work – it looks fantastic.”