The Poppy Project

It’s up. It’s done. The official blessing of the long term Poppy Project for St Mary’s Burton and Nettleton is happening Tuesday 1st November by the Archdeacon, no less, at 6pm at the Church. Come and see the magnificent effort made by a great team of people. Here are just Read more…

The Poppy Project

Progress Report 1350 poppies is a LOT of poppies and the design process started on August 11th at the New House on one of our super hot days of the month. A joint discussion resulted in a design which pleased everyone AND would produce impact and be seen from a Read more…

The Big Knit – The Poppy Project

Poppy Project Update  We now have over 1,000 poppies completed! A far greater result than expected when the project first began. Congratulations to everyone who has contributed. If you haven’t got your fingers round to doing any crocheting or knitting it is still possible to contribute. We need Attachers! If Read more…

The Big Knit

The Poppy Project A further meeting of the Poppy Project took place on 24th March. It turns out we now have over 700 completed poppies along with our first MALE recruit. Our new goal is 1000 poppies which should be easily achievable. Thoughts are turning to the design of the Read more…

The Poppy Project

  Poppy Project Update – The Big Knit The Project is quickly gaining momentum with a grand total of 17 contributors and over 180 poppies completed so far. The second meeting of the project took place on February 2nd at Stores Cottage, kindly hosted by Tess Olley, where some more Read more…