A labour of love has led to the creation of two touching tributes to Barmouth’s fallen war heroes.

Members of the community have worked hard to transform the war memorial with a striking collection of cascading and standing poppies.

Former mayor Rob Cadwaladr Williams approached Tanio Bermo at the start of the year to ask the town’s resilience hub and community makerspace group to brighten up the cenotaph for Remembrance Sunday.

“That conversation started 10 months of a labour of love for Tanio Bermo and included many elements of the local community assisting including Men's Shed, Merched y Wawr, crafting groups and hundreds of individuals,” a Tanio Bermo spokesperson said.

“It really became a whole town venture.”

They added: “Tanio Bermo prides itself on inventiveness, using the resources we have and upcycling wherever possible so we set about designing a tribute that was worthy and told the stories of the men named all while being sustainable.

“After some trial and error our poppy project developed to consist of two elements - a cascade of handmade poppies - many hundreds knitted, crocheted or sewn then all of them tied onto reclaimed netting.

“The second part is 76 bespoke standing poppies - one for each man named on the memorial.

“These identical poppies were made using pop bottles and donated items over many workshops during the year.

“At each workshop crafters chose a name from the memorial and while making this they heard a little about the man’s life, thanks to the helpful research of a local history enthusiast.

“They would understand where they lived, served and sadly died. Many could also view a photograph of the man. “Obviously many of the fallen still have relatives locally so they came along to make their great grandfathers for example, while others found other connections, such as the soldier having historically lived in their house for example.

“The mayor himself found time to attend and make one one too.”

The poppies were all completed last month in readiness to display, and 10 months of work culminated in them being erected on Sunday, 1 November at the town cenotaph in the memorial garden.

“The end result was just as we'd hoped and the response so far has been nothing short of phenomenal,” the spokesperson said.