Poppies

 by Martin Belam, 14 November 2004

Some things are most evocatively conveyed by pictures alone, and that was the case with the bbc.co.uk homepage this morning for Remembrance Sunday.

bbc.co.uk homepage promo featuring a field of poppies for Remembrance Sunday

Earlier this week I was lucky enough to get out of the office early and head down to Waterloo Bridge, where I was able to watch the fly-past of two Douglas Dakota DC3 aircraft down the Thames, dropping millions of poppy petals.

The Shell Building illuminated, alongside the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament - waiting for the fly-past down the Thames

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