Worksop villager creates huge 7-foot Spitfire model ahead of remembrance day

A pensioner from Carlton in Lindrick has created a huge spitfire with a 6-foot wingspan outside his home.
Kirsty Hamilton
By Kirsty Hamilton
Published 8th Nov 2022, 17:02 GMT
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Neil Plant, aged 75, created the outstanding 7ft long model of a Supermarine Spitfire fighter plane in remembrance of “all who gave their lives so that we could live a better one”.

Surrounding the Spitfire is dozens of poppies knitted by Neil’s wife Rita, and family members Julie Gray and Tracey Tweed.

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Taking around six-weeks to put together, it is no surprise to hear cars have stopped in their tracks to admire the display on Le Brun Sqaure, Carlton in Lindrick.

Using only a 12-inch photo of a Spitfire as his muse, Neil multiplied each measurement by six times to create his timber model.

Neil said: “It just sticks in my mind what happened during the wars – the younger generation don’t really know much about it.

“It’s to commemorate all of those people who gave up everything for us to have a better life.”

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