For anyone who has not seen the display of the ceramic poppies that filled the moat at the Tower of London in 2014,
POPPIES WEEPING WINDOW, AT THE DERBY SILK MILL
Created by the artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper, the display of ceramic poppies will be at the Silk Mill in Derby City Centre from 9th June until 23rd July.
Derby Silk Mill
Poppies: Weeping Window is a cascade comprising several thousand handmade ceramic poppies, and was originally seen pouring from a high window to the ground below at the Tower of London as part of the installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red.
During the First World War, Derby Silk Mill was divided into two businesses, one grinding corn and the other making medical supplies, both integral to the British war effort and scarce by 1916. Derby as a whole played a vital part in production during the course of the First World War with Rolls-Royce developing the Eagle Engine at the request of the government to power allied aircraft.
As Derby Silk Mill: Museum of Making the museum now holds a great number of industrial and social history objects which help tell the stories Derby’s companies and its communities, and the building has 3 floors, the Poppy display will fall from the top floor to the ground. The Mill is located near the Cathedral, next to the river; also there is a Park & Ride system just off the A38, north of Derby.
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION POPPY APPEAL 2017. Once again, I am taking for granted that those people who sold poppies last year will do so again, otherwise can you contact me please. We only have one ‘house to house’ collection, if anyone would like to do this, even on a small scale with a few houses nearby, again please get in touch. Jean Jackson, 01298 872089