Installing Chesterfield Town Hall's Remembrance Poppy Cascades
A wave of poppies has gone on show ahead of this year's Remembrance Sunday events
Last updated 26th Oct 2021
The Remembrance Poppy Cascade was created to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War in 2018 with help from volunteers as far away as Australia, and has been put in place each year since.
More than 40,000 poppies were produced. Volunteers then spent 6 weeks tying them to netting to be hung on the Town Hall and around the town.
Rob Nash, Deputy Chairman Chesterfield and District Royal Engineers Association said, “We are proud to be the custodians of Chesterfield Town Hall poppy cascades. All those people who contributed by knitting the thousands of poppies or helping to make the cascades should be proud of the wonderful backdrop they have helped create for our community’s annual Remembrance Parade.”
You can see the poppy cascades at the Town Hall until Sunday 21st November.
Chesterfield’s Remembrance Service will be held on Remembrance Sunday, 14th November. It will begin with a Church Service at St Mary’s and All Saints Church (the Crooked Spire) at 2.30pm.
Following the service there will be a procession through the town centre and a wreath laying ceremony at the War Memorial opposite the Town Hall.