Amazing Worksop Remembrance display attracts huge Facebook reaction

This photo shows an awe-inspiring Remembrance window display in a Worksop home - made from a three-foot cardboard cut-out and laminated paper poppies.
By Ben McVay
Published 11th Nov 2020, 16:45 BST
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The contemplative scene - lit up every night since Thursday with colour-changing LED lights - was created by Andrew Saunders.

Full-time foster carer Andrew told how after posting a photo of the remarkable monument on Facebook it had attracted more than 8,000 likes and been shared over 500 times.

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Andrew, 39 said he and his partner had produced the beautiful display to cheer the street up as lockdown began while remembering the fallen from the First World War.

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The contemplative scene - lit up every night since Thursday with colour-changing LED lights - was created by Andrew SaundersThe contemplative scene - lit up every night since Thursday with colour-changing LED lights - was created by Andrew Saunders
The contemplative scene - lit up every night since Thursday with colour-changing LED lights - was created by Andrew Saunders

He said: “We weren’t really expecting the reaction it’s had.

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“People keep asking where we bought it - everyone on the street’s saying how great it is.

“We’ve had people sharing pictures of it on Facebook and a car reversed up the road to get a photo the other night.”

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