A SCOUT group is aiming to double its collection of bottle ends to expand a Remembrance Day display.

For the past two years the Wistaston Scout Group has displayed their impressive 24ft long Remembrance poppy cascade outside its Scout Centre and, last year, Wistaston Memorial Hall in 2020.

The cascade was made of dozens of plastic bottle ends painted red to resemble poppies attached to steel wire mesh.

The Group has already amassed over 500 bottle ends since the start of the year, which were donated by members of the public and the scout group.

Now it has set the target of doubling the current figure to get to over 1,000 bottle ends by Easter in order to produce a larger scale display for a new, yet to be announced, location in Wistaston.

People are being asked to cut off the bases of any plastic bottles from about 1.5 inches up from the base and deposit them in the plastic bottle end collection point on the Wistaston Memorial Hall car park on Church Lane in Wistaston.

The bottle ends will be painted red by the scouts, so any colour is suitable. One or two litre bottle ends are best for the display and the scouts are also kindly asking that members of the public rinse the bottle ends before depositing.

John Bennett, Group Scout Leader - Wistaston Scout Group (35th South West Cheshire), said "We've been blown away by the support we've received already from the members of the public and our group members.

"We have a very ambitious plan in place for this year's display and it will take a lot of work to pull it off but if things carry on, as they are now until the autumn then we are very confident in producing a stunning piece of art for the village of Wistaston."

Wistaston Scout Group started in 1958 and currently has 130 young people and 30 leaders and helpers. They are based at Bluebell Wood, off Elm Drive in Wistaston. For further information visit here.