This year people across the diocese gathered to mark Remembrance Day with services, poppies and a knitted installation.

Thousands of poppies have been knitted by community members to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII and draped over Holy Trinity Church, Tresillian.

The red installation, which contained more than 4,000 wool poppies, has caught many an eye.

Kirsten Lean, Jaqueline Goodway and others in the coTresillian Church with knitted poppies on it.mmunity got out their knitting needles earlier this year to help bring the idea into fruition – with some knitting up to 10 poppies a day.

These were put together to create the cascade and there were still plenty left over to decorate other parts of the village.

Members of the fire service helped to put the poppy cascade up onto the church.

Kirsten said: “I bought some wool and needles and people from the village helped us.

“It looks lovely. It is the talk of the village. There are just over 5,000 poppies – there are about 4,500 poppies on the cascade.

“It does look beautiful, and we had a service on the Sunday afternoon.”

The efforts also saw them raising money towards a bench to place in the village.

Kirsten says members of the fire service have already offered to help them hang the poppies again next year.

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Clergy and others from Truro Cathedral went to Boscowan Street at the end of the Sunday Morning Eucharist. The Reverend Helen Byrne led a memorial within the cathedral for those unable to make the journey to Boscowan Street.

People in Truro Marking Remembrance Sunday

Photo credit: Truro City Council.

Canon Sue Wallace said: “Although it was pouring down with rain it was tremendously moving to see so many people braving the weather to be present at the war memorial.

“It was also beautiful to see war veterans present in the morning Eucharist beforehand, coming up to communion bearing their medals.”

The Very Reverend Simon Robinson, Dean of Truro, said: “Every year I am struck by the seriousness and commitment of the peoples of Truro in giving honour to those who fought in world wars and subsequent conflict and who keep the memory of these brave men and women alive in our community and our hearts.

“I found this year particularly moving because of the silence of hundreds of people standing in rain. I found myself reflecting on the men in the trenches and that the small soaking I got was nothing in comparison to what so many have endured.

An image looking down from the top of Truro Cathedral with falling poppies.

Photo credit: Susie Merelie

“I often go to the war memorial in Boscowen Street and read the names of each person who gave their life. Seeing those names surrounded by so many wreaths and crosses is very moving. We will remember them if not a one off, it must be our way of life.”

Canon Sue added that during The Royal British Legion Service of Remembrance, poppies were dropped from the tower, reminding people of the number of lives lost.

Services can bee seen on YouTube here.