Wellingborough Scouts prepared for lockdown Remembrance Day with special tribute

Scouts from across the Wellingborough district have paid their own special, colourful and moving tribute to those who served, fought and died in conflicts.

As the wider town's commemorations have had to be drastically scaled back, Wellingborough District Scouts have provided their own garden of remembrance to allow people to pay their respects to the fallen.

A field of poppies made from recycled plastic bottles has been 'planted' at Dale End Scout Centre in Croyland Road, Wellingborough, complete with a silhoutte of a soldier, head bowed.

Jonathan Marriott, district commissioner for Wellingborough Scouts, said: "We are always pleased to form a large part of the town’s Remembrance Parade and are sad that we cannot do so this year.

"The garden of remembrance is our small way of allowing our young people, and adult volunteers, to pay their respects, as well as showing the community that Scouts are still here.

The display, comprising more than 1,500 poppies, will be left for Remembrance Sunday (November 8) and Remembrance Day (November 11) with members of the public being invited to make a donation to the Poppy Appeal.

Mr Marriott added: "In a relatively short time, our team of volunteers have managed to put together a truly magnificent and thoughtful display and we are proud to play our part in commemorating on November 11 by creating a garden of remembrance."

Wellingborough District Scouts have 15 Scout Groups across the borough, with more than 750 youth members aged six to 25 and 300 adult volunteers.

For further information about Scouts in Wellingborough visit www.wellingboroughscouts.co.uk/join.