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"When I first started work, you could buy poppy heads - opium," she said.

A display featuring the silhouette of a soldier and poppies designed by pupils were also placed outside the school building.

Across the UK, poppies are worn each year to mark Remembrance events and commemorate those who lost their lives in two world wars and other conflicts.

The Scottish poppy has the same recognisable blood red colour, but it has four-lobed petals and no leaf.

Designed by Lucy Turner, from Prison Arts Foundation, the poppy wreath was a collaborative piece of work with armed forces charity SSAFA, Belfast Met and the Prison Service.