One down, a few more thousand to go!

Watching them plant the poppies was quite interesting yesterday. There were thirty volunteers planting the poppies.
First they pushed the stem in the ground & then the black centres of the poppy were hammered in place & then they put the petals on.....they were constructed in place which I was quite surprised at!
I thought they would have been ready made up & just pushed into the ground.

Thank you for all your comments in advance as I am not able to comment on yours as we are out tonight. Hot pot supper & apple pie in Heysham church hall with a folk singer from the original Houghton Weavers.

Three good things:
1. Having friends to stay.
2. Said friend is a very good handyman & he has fixed a problem we had with the plumbing.
3. Warm weather.

[Jen Hudson]

Nice capture of the poppy construction. Interesting to see how irs being done too.

[Debbie]

And he needs goggles just in case! I bought one, I wonder if its that one.

[Newbank Lass]

Lovely to see these being put up. Wonderful shot

[Denise fuller]

Super capture

[Judith Greenwood]

Oh my word I went to see Houghton Weavers once - big stars! Fascinating photo - it's going to take ages to take them away again I assume so hopefully will be able to see them on the 15th?

[Pat Knowles]

@judithg We are going to see Norman Prince Judith who is a great friend of the friends who are staying with us....we are treated like royalty because they think we have travelled all the way from Nottingham...they have we haven't! Reserved table & he has his hot pot with us!,,it is actually really good.......funny with nice songs.

[dh (delena)]

This looks like an amazing installation. I can't understand the miserable art critic who said it was trite.

I am coming to the meet up! My train gets in at 9.30 so maybe we could meet at a cafe or something to save you hanging around at Euston.

[Paula W]

This really shows just how much work has been put in by the volunteers to create this amazing installation.

[Hazel]

That's a lovely and different way of showing the poppies and very interesting - thank you!

[Helen K]

Interesting photo marking something really quite unique and special. I didn't know that they were constructed in situ! Have you bought one? Quite a few of my friends have ordered theirs but I think they are now sold out.

[Beryl Lloyd]

A lovely capture ,and like you I thought the poppies would have been made up before hand and just planted !

[Judith Greenwood]

@happypat And it's ages since I've had hotpot!

[Dianne]

A lovely shot and information on the installation of the poppies. Thanks.

[Judith Johnson]

Lovely to see one of the many volunteers. I like the sound of your evening out - sounds like a real treat.

[Anita Russell]

I went yesterday too, very crowded! Lovely

[Joyce]

Interesting to hear how they are planted. I thought they just pushed them in. A great capture Pat so glad you managed to see them.

[Maggiemae]

I thought this was a completed event - the poppies! Perhaps they just want to carry on and on! You have such great things to go to with great food to accompany the concert affair!

[julia]

Good to see how the behind the scene works.. well done... must of been very moving...

[Sue Wilde]

This is quite fascinating

[Babs]

How lovely to see the behind the scene shots. What a task to hammer in every one of those poppies.

[Margaret Obey]

I watched some being put in this evening on the News. They were put in by the grand daughter of a man killed in the 1st world war, and the father of a soldier killed in Afghanistan! Very moving

[Jocasta]

I really like this - great to see the work in progress. What an amazing project it has been.

[Phil Howcroft]

it is all very poignant and very repsectful Pat , lovely shot

[Pat Knowles]

@judithg I thought that Judith...sure they will be up for ages yet.

[Pat Knowles]

@dh yes that's great Delena......mine gets in at 9.30am I think so will wait for each other. Will check & let you know!

[Pat Knowles]

@helly31 yes I have bought two Helen.

[Sarah Bremner]

How fascinating. ....and I guess the removal process will be just as time consuming and care-full especially for the benefit of those of us, like me, who will only see one of them when it eventually arrives.

[Vicki Dixon]

really awesome to see it all coming together...sure would love to see it in person, but happy that you have shown it to me

[Margo]

Thankyou for sharing this shot with us.

[Pete]

Great to see how the work is progressing since I posted my pic of this back in September. Looking forwar to receiving my poppy, too! fav

[Delia]

That is a lot of work. Looks amazing

[Gerry]

fav such a beautiful photo

[Rick Schies]

Wow, that is quite the job to get them all in the ground like that.

[Christine]

It is such a spectacular display. Hats of to all the volunteers who helped.

[Gillian]

What a moving display. Great capture and thanks for the background info.

[Al Bailey]

What a lovely display and capture :)

[Steve Angell]

Great shot.
Maybe one of those is the one that I ordered...!