Huge poppy display features worldwide donations

Tracey Turner, from the Royal British Legion, said people from around the world have helped to create the Skegness display

A Remembrance Day memorial has been inundated with poppy donations from around the world, organisers have said.

In June, the Royal British Legion (RBL) appealed for people in Skegness to create flowers for a display around the town's landmark clock tower.

Since the campaign started, volunteers said they had received creations from as far away as Hong Kong, Bermuda and Canada.

Tracey Turner, from the RBL, said the reaction to the idea has been "incredible".

She added: "They have been coming in their droves. Holidaymakers have brought them, the local community has really got behind it.

"The whole thing is breathtaking."

Volunteers have been working to stitch each poppy to nets which will be placed around the clock tower

The group said it has enough poppies to cover six, 9sq m nets, which will be placed on the roundabout at Tower Esplanade.

The poppies will be on display for a month from the second week of October.

The organisers of the display said the response from members of the public has been "incredible"

Multiple volunteers have worked on the display at the Hildred Centre in Skegness. One woman described how she said "thank you as she put each poppy up".

She added: "Each one represents a generation that died and even though there are thousands it doesn't cover the number of people we've all lost.

"It is so important for us to remember and pay our respects."

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