KNITTED poppies will adorn the Cenotaph this year thanks to people all over the city.

Some 3,193 poppies have been made by residents to be used in Watts Park to mark Remembrance Sunday.

Southampton City Council made a call for people all over the city last month for knitted and crocheted poppies.

Poppy-knitting workshops took place during Libraries Week last week, organised by the council, with materials provided by Southampton Scrapstore.

The poppies were knitted by volunteers, community groups and The Senior Saints at Saints Foundation.

They were then sewed onto large pieces of netting, to display them, by volunteers from Woolston Libraries and Southampton Scrapstore.

The panels will then dress the Cenotaph ahead of Remembrance.

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The poppies will be placed into storage and used in future years to commemorate the occasion.

The Lord Mayor of Southampton, Cllr Jacqui Rayment, said that she is "totally overwhelmed" by the number of poppies.

She said: "I am totally overwhelmed by the number of poppies that members of our communities have created and donated in such a short space of time.

"Once again, our brilliant city has come together and for such an important cause.

"Each year, Southampton joins the millions of people across Britain to remember those that gave their lives for our country.

"I’m looking forward to attending the service to reflect and give thanks. Please do join us on Sunday, November 13 as Southampton remembers."

Susan Wall and Georgina Glover are two volunteers who knitted one hundred poppies between them.

They spent their free time to raise money for Southampton and Lyndhurst Poppy Appeals.

Susan said that she is "over the moon" to know her poppies will go to the Cenotaph: “I really enjoy knitting and to know that the poppies raise money for a good cause makes me happy.

"When my daughter Sarah, who works hard to raise money for the local poppy appeals each year, told me some of the poppies had been donated to the Lord Mayor for the Cenotaph in Southampton I was over the moon."

Southampton City Council says no more donations are needed at this time.

The city will mark Remembrance Sunday on November 13, with a procession starting from Guildhall Square at 10.35am to the Cenotaph, where there will be a service starting shortly before 11am.

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