White poppies on display

Thousands of white poppies are on display in Friends House

An installation of textile white poppies created by people from all over the country has been launched in Friends House as part of the national ‘Collateral Damage’ project. The purpose is to honour victims of wars in the last century.

Quaker Linda Murgatroyd, who curated the installation, said: ‘The response to this project has been tremendous. We’ve received great support from many different sources including peace organisations and a range of churches, craft groups and shops, as well as from lots of Quakers. A Brownie group in Scotland, women’s groups in Cornwall, and Yemenis in London have all made some beautiful poppies.’

Around 4,000 unique poppies have been knitted, crocheted, felted or embroidered overall. Some poppies remember particular victims such as ‘Miss Tilley, who died on 11 October 1941 when a bomb fell on her fish and chip shop’, to ‘My grandfather, John Lavers, who never recovered from his injuries in world war one’, and ‘Maria, who lost her unborn baby when the first bomb fell’.

The installation went on display on 1 November.

---

Comments

Please login to add a comment