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Scots town will finally honour war heroes as 1,500 poppies to be unveiled in display

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Hundreds of poppies are to be unveiled on a Linwood street as part of a campaign to install a war memorial to remember the area’s fallen soldiers.

Despite numerous attempts to build one throughout the last century, there has never been a dedicated commemorative zone for those from the town who lost their lives protecting the realm.That’s about to change, though, thanks to the dedication of volunteers from a group seeking to erect a monument on a patch of land just off of Kashmir Avenue at the junction with Bridge Street.As a sign of things to come, the group are to display around 1,500 hand-crafted poppies at the site this weekend.The work is the result of an appeal put out to get local nurseries, schools and businesses involved.Volunteers have knitted or crocheted poppies which will go on display at the site this Sunday.Renfrewshire Live, the new free app dedicated to bringing you around the clock breaking news, is now available to download.Powered by the Paisley Daily Express, Renfrewshire Live is your go-to source for news, features and sport with live coverage provided direct to the app, seven days a week.The dedicated team of experienced journalists, responsible for the publication of the award-winning Express, will focus on breaking news, day and night, across Renfrewshire’s towns and villages.There is also a dedicated St Mirren section that will follow every kick of the ball with the Buddies.Available on both Android and Apple.

Download here: smarturl.it/RenfrewLiveSocial Joan Melville of the Linwood War Memorial Association told the Paisley Daily Express: “We wanted to mark where the memorial will be so we asked the community if they could knit some poppies or crochet them and the intention was to put them on

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