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Naina Bhardwaj

Thousands of poppies crocheted and made from recycled plastic bottles placed across Falkirk town

Thousands of poppies knitted, crocheted and made from recycled plastic bottles have been placed across a Falkirk town.

Volunteers in Denny braved the cold weather and took to the outdoors to commemorate soldiers who have died in the line of duty.

Local residents and members of the Girls Brigade took to Gala Park to 'plant' some of the plastic bottle flowers ahead of Remembrance Day.

Social media users were big fans calling them 'fantastic,' 'beautiful,' and telling those who volunteered that they had done a great job.

A few blue poppies were also spotted in the sea of red with one person commenting: "Blue ones are for the animals killed in conflicts."

"Blue ones are for the animals killed in conflicts." (Denny Poppies)

Meanwhile, knitted and crocheted poppies were also placed in other areas of Denny including at the War Memorial and outside churches.

Some were placed outside churches (Denny Poppies)

The initiative began last year after a local lady was disappointed that the annual Remembrance Day parade wouldn't be taking place due to covid restrictions.

Organiser Tamsin Ferrier, 43, then decided to bring the tradition of poppy displays from her hometown in Cumbria to Denny.

She asked residents of the Falkirk town to hand them into shops and soon over 1,000 handmade ones were collected.

Tamsin was blown away with the response and the tradition has continued on for a second year due to its popularity.

She said: "It's amazing to see, one of the nice things is that the poppies are all different so you can see how many people were involved.

"Denny often receives a bad press from its own residents but this has shown what can be achieved when the community all pulls together.

"It's a nice way to pay respect to those who have served and I think it makes everybody smile as they go around the town which is really lovely."

The poppies will be taken taken down and washed to reuse next year with the community intending to make the initiative even bigger and better alongside the parade which shall hopefully resume by then.

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