Cascade of knitted poppies draped from church

The displays were meticulously tied together and draped from the building

Thousands of knitted poppies have been draped from the bell tower of a church to commemorate Remembrance Sunday.

The display at Holy Trinity Church in Tresillian, Cornwall, was carefully attached to the building by firefighters earlier this week.

It is the culmination of a year-long effort by sisters Kirsten Lean and Jacqueline Goodway who drew inspiration from a similar cascade of poppies at a church in Holt, Wiltshire.

Mrs Lean said of Remembrance Sunday: "It means a big deal to both of us and it's lovely to honour them."

The display was lifted into place by firefighters

Mrs Lean said her sister knitted about 10 poppies per day and a host of other volunteers were enlisted to ensure the display was ready in time.

The individual poppies were meticulously cable tied to a net before it was attached to the bell tower on Monday by firefighters using a cherry picker.

Mrs Lean said she was proud of the team effort that went into display.

"It was lovely to see the end result," she said.

A competition to guess the number of poppies in the display has been set up to raise funds for a new bench for the church cemetery.

Jacqueline Goodway knitted about 10 poppies a day for the display