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I have now heard from the lady who is the driving force behind this poppy making campaign and she has provided some more helpful information.
The aim is (hopefully) to be able to display poppies on the gates of all the Cemetery gates in North Tyneside. To date they now have 2000 knitted or crocheted poppies but need at least 2000 more so a lot of work still needs to be done.
They would like all the poppies ready by the back end of September.
There will be a big display over a 2 - 3 week period straddling the 11th September. (Incidentally, the man I spoke to the other day at the Linskill Centre told me that after the big display the plan is that the exhibit will be moved to the Memorial Garden at the Linskill.)
Any poppies you make to help this campaign can either be dropped in at the Linskill Centre, Room B9 - this office is usually manned from 10 am - 4 pm Monday to Friday.
Alternatively, if you would like to post your poppy the address is:
Poppy Display,
Northumbria World War One Commemorative Project,
Room B9
The Linskill Centre
Linskill Terrace,
North Shields
NE30 2AY
Perhaps you may have a Tyneside ancestor who you may want to commemorate by making a poppy in their memory or perhaps you just like knitting or crochet and would be happy to help out. Either way I am sure any poppy donations will be greatly appreciated.
Conroy, Fitzpatrick, Watson, Miller, Davis/Davies, Brown, Senior, Dodds, Grieveson, Gamesby, Simpson, Rose, Gilboy, Malloy, Dalton, Young, Saint, Anderson, Allen, McKetterick, McCabe, Drummond, Parkinson, Armstrong, McCarroll, Innes, Marshall, Atkinson, Glendinning, Fenwick, Bonner