THE Colne Commemorates 1918 remembrance event is finally at a close.

Colne Town Council's Great War remembrance events have run from 2014 to remember World War One. For the last event, remembering 100 days of the war, poppies made out of horticultural fleece were erected at Pendle Hill.

Artist Philippe Handford is responsible for the beautiful installation, which took him and his team around seven hours.

The poppies are 168 metres by 91 metres, and dominate the views for miles. The project co-ordinator, Eleanor Jolley, said: "This is the most ambitious of our three event series run by Colne Town Council.

"In 2014, we focussed on recruitment, while in 2016 we added a schools’ outreach programme and shifted our commemoration to the home front during The Battle of the Somme.

"We wanted a really big symbol to begin our final event, which is being held a century on from the last 100 days of World War One. Philippe’s design more that meets that initial criteria. We hope it will become lodged in the collective memory of East Lancashire and Yorkshire folk as they remember the enormous sacrifice made by their predecessors 100 years ago."

Sarah Cockburn-Price, from Colne Town Council, said: "We have had casting ladies approach us asking if they can have some of the horticultural fleece and use it to make some new artwork so there is potentially more to come. They may create one poppy for each life lost, and showcase it at Pendle Town Hall."

On Saturday 23 June, the last day of the commemoration, various events will be held around Colne. There will be folk songs and clog dancing around the town, war art and clothing on display at the library, a WW1 memory wall at the indoor market and many more.

The poppies will be dismantled on Sunday 24 June.