A number of giant poppies which have been put up across Hounslow have been ripped down from some of the lampposts.

Since Friday (October 27) an army of volunteers have been lining the streets of the borough with poppies to mark Armistice Day and Remembrance Day.

On Saturday (October 28) it was discovered that 20 of the poppies had been taken down from Bedfont Lane, Feltham , leaving only the cable ties hanging off the lampposts.

Mike Foston is the man behind the idea to display giant poppies in the borough and he was quick to take action to ensure the poppies were replaced.

Speaking to getwestlondon, he said: "Where they have been taken down, I've put them back up and I've put some more up in the same place so the line will stay continuous and we'll make it work."

In 2016 Mike made hundreds of poppies and wrapped them around some of the lampposts in the borough to mark Armistice Day.

A number of poppies were ripped down from lampposts in Bedfont Lane

This year he has received a number of donations including considerable support from Hounslow Highways, which donated £4,500 to purchase thousands of poppies for the cause.

With support from Hounlow Council, these poppies have made their way onto thousands of lampposts in the borough, linking the 10 war memorials from Chiswick to Feltham and Heston to Isleworth to ensure our fallen heroes are not forgotten.

An army of people have been fixing the poppies to lampposts

More than 400 of the poppies display the names of soldiers from the area who died during World War One.

After discovering some of the poppies has been taken down, Mike offered a solution, he said: "I'm unaware of how much education goes on in schools around the significance of the poppy, why they get put up, what the meaning is.

"So we've put messages out to the parents locally to see if schools can help pick up the message and to share it and to try and share the notion that there's no reason to rip them down, there's no reason to take them down, they're not offensive to anybody.

Andre McGill, Royal British Legion Hounslow branch chairman and poppy organiser, Mohammad Saj, Lead Fresh Manager, Tesco Dukes Green, Michelle Dent, Borough Champion for Hounslow, Tesco Dukes Green, Councillor Sue Sampson, Mayor of Hounslow, Martin Clack, Divisional Director, Hounslow Highways and Mike Foston, Feltham community

"They are not pushing anyone's political point of view, they're simply remembering people so again it's another route of the education piece to hopefully stop it from happening."

Remembrance services will be held across the borough on Sunday, November 12.

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