In July the ladies of the ‘Titchfield Yarnbombers’ embarked on making a waterfall of poppies to be hung from the eves of the Village Hall as a backdrop to the Remembrance Day Commemorations which take place round the war memorial in situated at the front of the hall.

However, in August the hall embarked on a major building project to replace the roof, which meant the building was encased in scaffolding.

That didn’t put off the 30 ladies involved. Group leader, Suzy Jackson, said “We’d started so we were determined to finish come what may. We put out an appeal for yarn and buttons to make the poppies and had a tremendous response, with one man in Lee On The Solent so impressed with the idea he sent us a case of over £100 worth of wool.”

5 months later and over 3,000 poppies have been crocheted and fixed to nets, but the scaffolding meant they couldn’t be hung from the eves. A quick consultation with the builders provided the ladies with a solution. Cover the scaffolding at the front entrance of the hall making a perfect backdrop for the commemorations on the 13th November.

But that won’t be the end of the story. The Titchfield Village Trust, which runs the village hall, have devised a permanent method of hanging the walls of poppies from the eves so that they can be hung in the years to come on every Remembrance Sunday.

Nick Girdler, chairman of the Trust said “The whole village is delighted with the outcome as are the Royal British Legion, who organise the commemoration, it will be a lasting legacy for many years to come. The yarnbombers have given the village a wonderful addition to our yearly observance.”