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07/11/2014
Tower Of London Poppies To Be Lit For Longer
Historic Royal Palaces has announced the display of ceramic poppies at the Tower of London will be lit for an extra hour at night and earlier in the morning to allow more people to see the exhibition.
Currently the poppies are lit from 5am until dawn and from dusk until 11pm. They will now be lit from 4:30am and then kept lit until midnight.
It is being done to allow more people to see the display.
(MH/CD)
Currently the poppies are lit from 5am until dawn and from dusk until 11pm. They will now be lit from 4:30am and then kept lit until midnight.
It is being done to allow more people to see the display.
(MH/CD)
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Volunteers Move In To Start Removing Tower Poppies
Following the "planting" of the final ceramic poppy at the Tower of London during Tuesday's Armistice services, volunteers will begin removing the 888,246 commemorative flowers. The first poppy was placed in July, with 13-year-old cadet Harry Hayes placing the final hand-made poppy at the Tower yesterday.
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