Post box knitted toppers mark Remembrance weekend

Crocheted and knitted post box toppers marking Remembrance Day have appeared around East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

Many include red poppies to remember those who lost their lives during war, while others include purple to remember animals that died in service and white ones focus on peace.

Some of the toppers have been produced by individuals, while many have been created by knitting groups.

The toppers have received many likes, shares and comments on social media.

One group of knitters has decorated seven post boxes in the East Yorkshire town of Brough.

Alison Davis, from the Brough Yarn Bombers, said it could take up to 50 hours to produce one of the toppers.

She said the group was helped by the local Women's Institute, whose members made some of the poppies and pom poms.

Ms Davis said: "I think it's a national focal point and, as a history teacher, it's important for me.

"It's a mark of respect for anybody who has given service."

In Hull, a net of knitted poppies has been placed in front of a "street shrine" by a row of terrace houses.

The Sharp Street Roll of Honour remembers 142 men who signed up to fight in 1914 and is one of five remaining street shrines in the city erected to remember those residents who fought in World War One.

It was taken down and stored by the council when the building where it was on permanent display was demolished in 2012, before being restored and returned to the street a few years later.

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