28-04-2025
Flint knitted out with yarnbombs to mark VE Day anniversary
Various Second World War-themed knitted displays are in Flint to mark 80 years since Victory in Europe on May 8, 1945.
It meant an end to nearly six years of a war that had cost the lives of millions; had destroyed homes, families, and cities; and had brought huge suffering and privations to the populations of entire countries.
There is a Winston Churchill yarn bomb - with the prime minister doing the peace sign. There are also doves to mark peace, a Spitfire aircraft and child evacuees.
(Image: Nathan Griffiths) Bollards on Flint high street are also covered in sailors, nurses and soldiers.
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Nathan Griffiths has decorated the town with the yarn bombs. He said: "I work alongside Anne Watties, a lady from Taunton in Somerset who does all the knitting and sends them to me. I got to know Anne after I asked her to design some for Jade Jones at the Olympics.
"They are all her own designs and not from a knitting pattern. She's very talented. It takes roughly three weeks from the planning to the knitting."
(Image: Nathan Griffiths) He added: "While celebrating VE day we all should take a moment to reflect on the sacrifices that people who served at home and abroad for theie contributions in securing peace.
"It is good to come together as a community to celebrate and remember what had been achieved.
"It has been lovely hearing all the comments and seeing parents taking their children to see the displays. This is a way of teaching the children and younger generation the history and the impact that war has and the importance of peace."
