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Project inundated with thousands of poppies

Display planned across July

A First World War memorial with a creative twist will be on display to the public this summer.

Thousands of hand-made poppies are being contributed to the project - originally, it was hoped that 2,152 could be collected... one for each of the Manx soldiers that died or were wounded a hundred years ago.

But the running total has surpassed that by far, already eclipsing the 3,500 mark, with some coming from the other side of the world in Australia.

Project coordinator Gill Nicholls told Manx Radio what she hopes to do with them all:

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