A town knitted together in tribute…

Rosie Gilligan looks at the remarkable installation that honours all those from the Chesterfield area who were killed in World War One.

BLOOD SWEPT LANDS AND SEA OF RED was installed at the Tower of London in 2014 and was the work of Chesterfield-born artist Paul Cummins. The 888,246 ceramic poppies, one for every service person who died in World War One, cascaded in a spectacular display down the walls of the Tower and then owed around the moat below…