When should poppy wearing start?

Someone taught me to push the pin through the plastic stem to fix it more securely.

anno that's why for the past 3 yrs I've bought the metal ones. I really struggled to remove last years from a coat I don't wear often.
It's good that they put the year on them, I'm sure some people would otherwise use them year after year.

As I predicted, up-thread, I bought two poppies in case I lost one and have already lost both.

www.britishlegion.org.uk/community/news/poppy-appeal/boris-launches-london-poppy-day-with-tug-of-war/
Here's Boris launching London Poppy Day
I think he launched himself and landed on the ground just after this photo was taken

I will probably only wear mine (which I haven't bought yet ) for the week leading up to Remembrance Sunday and then until Remembrance Day.

I bought mine today, but shan't wear it until I go out on Friday night with an older friend for a meal who will be upset if I don't.

I don't see that I have to wear it at all really, I have donated and that is what counts. I also possess a really expensive one that I thought would free me up for a few years, but the fact is, everyone in our village knows everyone else including the poppy collectors, so when he came round tonight I would have felt bad not buying one. I also then felt I had to buy another for DBH to wear this week, for when he goes up to see the outlaws, for they would be mortally offended if he hadn't been wearing one night and day since at least September.

townie
I am sure poppy sellers should have some stick-on versions in their boxes if you ask:

RBL site says:
Lapel Poppy Our traditional lapel poppy (with stem). Also available in a stick-on version.

Poppies with sticky backs are available. I was sent one yesterday in a pack requesting a donation. There was also a very nice pen and a couple of notelets, what did that cost the RBL

As long as you wear a poppy to show support, does it matter when you start to wear it?

I remember some poppies with sticky backs years ago, but they kept falling off!!

Couldn't agree more, townie. I don't like sticking pins in a quilted jacket. A sticker would be ideal.

I want to see more peel off poppies, red and white, as it's impossible to stick pins into the type of coat I tend to be wearing around this time of year ( a parka or light quilted jacket). Those of you who sell poppies, do you know if it's possible to get that type please?

The BBC have been wearing them for over a week now, so what's that all about? It's like Christmas it gets earlier each year!

I noticed that they was wearing them on This Morning yesterday I thought it was a bit early?

We haven't got ours yet (despite the fact that DH delivered boxes and boxes of them)!

I live in Glenrothes, and haven't seen a poppy seller, for at least 3 years. I got a metal one, and use that every year. But that doesn't allow me to donate.

I buy mine when our local precinct has the RBL stall with their veterans manning the stall and proudly wearing their medals...which will be this Saturday ... can you tell me what the WHITE poppy signifies please .

There is always an official launch day for the Poppy Appeal and after that the more people wear them the better. I usually have to buy more than one as they seem to wilt as soon as I put them on. This morning in church a friend had a very nice enamel one she had got from the British Legion website so I have ordered one but I will also buy a paper one.

I thought exactly the same thing - lab coats! What??? C'mon, Beeb, get real!

Yes, they're all wearing them - in the fields, on Conwy Quay - I'm surprised the cows aren't wearing them!

I am watching Countryfile and a scientist and an interviewer, both dressed in white lab coats had poppies pinned to them - seems a bit over the top!

Cheseababy - google British Legion poppy pattern and you'll find both knitting and crochet patterns.
I don't understand why people say they are offended by the BBC presenters wearing poppies

My grandson's Beaver pack made white poppies last year. He made one for me and I displayed it alongside a few of the red ones I had saved from previous years in a little jug. Not sure I would wear a white poppy, being a traditionalist, but I have no objection to them.

I caught the bus to Bicester yesterday ,and they were promoting on the main street and in Sainsburys, selling other items as well for what ever you put in the tin so to speak, for the first time I got a self stick one, just peel off the back and put it on.
Mick

Actually, quite a few 'others', will. I'm sure there are more.