Flintshire village clock is decorated with knitted poppies

People from Penyffordd, Penymynydd and Dobshill have created a wall of knitted poppies cascading down the village clock tower as part of the centenary of the end of the war.

A coffee morning at the nearby Royal British Legion on Friday invited residents to enjoy a cake and a hot drink - as well as bringing their own poppies to be pinned to the cascade.

Video and images by Steve Craddock

Organisers, community councillor Pat Ransome and Yvonne Priddin, told the Leader they were delighted with the turnout for the event and the contribution from the community on the whole.

Cllr Ransome said: "This as a tribute from the village has been outstanding."

Yvonne Priddin said: "I thought it would be a nice idea to have a weeping wall down the clock tower. Everyone replied that they could make poppies from ladies who have not knitted for 30 or 40 years even down to the babies that go to the mother and toddler groups.

"It has been overwhelming and it has been one big community effort.

"It really has brought the villages together with the remembrance project and we are really pleased with it."

The coffee morning was held to thank the community for the donated poppies and to raise money for the Royal British Legion.

Joyce Tudor, 77, and from Penymynydd, told the Leader her grandfather Earnest Albert Hall served in the First World War and she thought the poppy tower was 'wonderful'.

Penyffordd Community Council chairman Cllr Jeff Priddin told those attending the coffee morning they should be proud of themselves for such a big response to the project's call for support.

Following the opening of the coffee morning, Royal British Legion Standard Bearer Bob Oldham led a group of residents from the legion site to the clock tower, where several poppies were added to the netting.

Anyone wishing to knit a poppy, or has already knitted one, can attach it to the current cascade with the aim of allowing it to grow before Remembrance Sunday.