As Loanhead’s contribution to mark this year’s Poppy Appeal, a garden of Remembrance and poppy display will be created once again in the grounds of Loanhead Parish Church on The Loan. The Garden of Remembrance will be in situ from Monday 4th November until Monday 11th November and as part of Poppy Scotland’s “light up red” campaign the church will be floodlit in red between these dates.
A pop-up poppy shop will be open from 10am to 2pm on Saturday 9th November for the purchase of poppy crosses, poppy merchandising and, by donation, the traditional lapel poppies.
Please join us and people across the country as we observe the 2 minute silence at 11.00 on Monday 11th November, in front of the church, after which there will be a short act of remembrance.
The display contains almost 2000 hand knitted and crocheted poppies, the work of many local residents and others with Loanhead connections from as far afield as the south of England and Northern Ireland.
The Garden of Remembrance features over 150 small wooden poppy crosses bearing the names of those from Loanhead who made the supreme sacrifice in the first and second world wars.
Loanhead Parish Church wishes to thank everyone who has contributed the poppy display and Joe Gilhooley for use of his photographic images.
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