ART students have created a poignant field of poppies as Bishop Auckland College pays tribute to the fallen on the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.

More than 70 students from the art and photography department made poppies from recycled bottles and worked with local artist and former student Dan Walls, who specialises in graffiti mural art, to help produce the image of the soldier on the door which features in the poppy field display at the college entrance, on Woodhouse Lane.

They also created a display of military memorabilia and artwork inside, including tributes to local fallen heroes.

Harry Rose, 11, a pupil at neighbouring St John’s Catholic School, played reveille as staff and students joined former and current service personnel in a minute’s silence during a veterans’ coffee morning, held by the catering, hospitality and uniformed services departments.

Vintage vocalist Yvonne Slater entertained and Year 11 students from Hummersknott Academy in Darlington supported the day. Along with a raffle and money donated in poppy tins, the event raised £280 for the Royal British Legion.