Friday, 19 August 2022
  • Login
  • Home
  • LSJ TV
  • LSJ Magazine
  • Siren Radio
  • The Linc
  • Cygnet PR
  • Style Guide
  • Privacy Policy
  • About LSJ
LSJ News
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Arts and Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Travel
  • Business
  • Community
    • Education
    • International
    • Viewpoint
  • Politics
  • Science and Technology
    • Environment
    • Health
  • TV
  • Magazine
LSJ News
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Arts and Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Travel
  • Business
  • Community
    • Education
    • International
    • Viewpoint
  • Politics
  • Science and Technology
    • Environment
    • Health
  • TV
  • Magazine
No Result
View All Result
LSJ News
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Plastic poppy memorial at Lincoln residential home

Jordan Arthur by Jordan Arthur
November 6, 2018
in News
0 0
A A
0
Plastic poppy memorial at Lincoln residential home

A resident of Fosse House sat with the poppy memorial

0
SHARES
16
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedinShare via Email
A resident of Fosse House sitting with the poppy memorial

A group of teenagers has created a war memorial made entirely out of plastic bottles ahead of Remembrance Sunday.

This year marks 100 years since the guns fell silent at the end of the First World War so the teenagers worked with a Lincoln residential home to create the project.

The memorial now sits outside the front doors of Fosse House, Lincoln, and was created by a group of 16 students aged between 16 and 18 as part of their NCS scheme.

The students used plastic bottles to create a number of plastic poppies and decorated these around a Union Jack bench at the front of the home.

The memorial was designed to have a positive effect on both the community and the environment. It was created over the space of just three days while the students sat and listened to stories from many of Fosse House’s 42 residents.

Corey Sroga, the Activity Coordinator at Fosse House said the memorial is “a nice reminder of the war and what people went through. All of our residents who have seen it or have been involved in it really loved the idea of it and thought it was something special to have at the front of the house.”

The group began the project by cutting the bottles in the activity room.

They had bottles donated from family members, the NCS office and from the kitchen of the residential home.

The entrance of Fosse House

The students then moved to the summerhouse to begin painting the bottles while residents dipped in and out trying to see what was going on.

Ms Sroga said the residents “were all very excited. They were all wanting to take a peek at what the students were doing and seeing how they can get involved. Everything was just up in the air; something different was going on and they really did enjoy it.”

She also praised the students who took part in the project: “They were a really, really good bunch. They just wanted to come down and speak to the residents. When we started cutting the bottles a fair few of them asked if we could go down and do it in the lounges and they sat in the lounges, explained what they were doing to the residents and talked about their past memories.”

The colourful bench and poppy display can now be seen by the entrance of Fosse House, located on Hykeham Road in the South of Lincoln.

Tags: Fosse HouseLincolnPoppyRemembrance day
Previous Post

Loud noise protection for animals

Next Post

Lincolnshire Chief Constable asks public to take care on roads

Jordan Arthur

Jordan Arthur

Related Articles

Where are they? Missing visas for Ukrainian refugees frustrate Lincolnshire communities
News

Where are they? Missing visas for Ukrainian refugees frustrate Lincolnshire communities

by Sarah-May Buccieri
May 12, 2022 - Updated on May 19, 2022
0

Across the country visas for the Homes for Ukraine scheme have been delayed. Since the scheme was established in March...

Love Island star gives Lincoln students valuable mental health advice
Health

Love Island star gives Lincoln students valuable mental health advice

by Joe Griffin
May 12, 2022
0

UK Youth Mental Health Ambassador and Love Island star, Dr Alex George, offered his top mental well-being tips on Lincoln...

Calorie counting when eating out is now law

May 12, 2022 - Updated on May 19, 2022

Safety at risk as figures reveal not enough doctors to go around with massive patient numbers in Lincolnshire

May 12, 2022 - Updated on May 18, 2022
lincoln cathedral

Lincolnshire hopes to attract thousands more visitors in 2022

May 12, 2022

The archaeological ‘glass ceiling’ is breaking

May 4, 2022
Next Post
Lincolnshire Chief Constable asks public to take care on roads

Lincolnshire Chief Constable asks public to take care on roads

MORE FROM LSJ NEWS

Lincolnshire hospital wait times almost double other hospitals in the country

May 13, 2022 - Updated on May 20, 2022
The Queen’s woodlands

The Queen’s woodlands

May 12, 2022 - Updated on May 14, 2022
Where are they? Missing visas for Ukrainian refugees frustrate Lincolnshire communities

Where are they? Missing visas for Ukrainian refugees frustrate Lincolnshire communities

May 12, 2022 - Updated on May 19, 2022
Love Island star gives Lincoln students valuable mental health advice

Love Island star gives Lincoln students valuable mental health advice

May 12, 2022
Ukraine needs your help – here’s how you can get involved

Ukraine needs your help – here’s how you can get involved

May 12, 2022 - Updated on May 20, 2022

TRENDING

  • Windmill

    Symbolism of windmills

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • “It’s A Scary Time” A Small Business in Lincolnshire Struggles with a Future of Uncertainty

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Lincoln City’s dramatic rise and their ambition to climb further

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • ‘We would be one of the last to go’ – Lincoln City chief

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • “We don’t think we’re going to find the answer, but it’s really fun looking for it!”

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
LSJ News

© 2021 LSJ News - Part of the School of English and Journalism at the University of Lincoln

Links

  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Arts and Entertainment
  • Business
  • Community
  • Politics
  • Science and Technology
  • TV
  • Magazine

Social Links

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Arts and Entertainment
    • Lifestyle
    • Travel
  • Business
  • Community
    • Education
    • International
    • Viewpoint
  • Politics
  • Science and Technology
    • Environment
    • Health
  • TV
  • Magazine

© 2021 LSJ News - Part of the School of English and Journalism at the University of Lincoln

Welcome Back!

OR

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.