Remembrance Day and Poppies

Thanks Jalima I haven't seen this before-great to know more.

Grandmaz, what a great idea, i loose my poppy just about every day so fixing it on with the little ceramic one will solve the problem. What do people do with their old poppies ? I always drop 1 of the paper poppies( minus the plastic bit) into our Harbour and say a prayer for my paternal Grandfather.

I like the paper/cloth ones, so simple and say so much, as long as "we should never forget" it doesnt matter what they are made of really.
I love my ceramic poppy from the MOAT, have it indoors, and have memories of the day we picked them in the moat, sorry getting off the point a bit.

FIFA have banned the teams for wearing poppies at the World Cup qualifier at Wembley because it's apolitical statement what tosh !!

I don't think those who died for our freedom would mind if we 'went glitzy'. Let's remember them and their sacrifice in any shape or form we wish. My mind tends always to go back to WW1 when I think of innocent and very sincere young men. 16ish and sometimes even younger. Mmmmmmmm,.................. so sad.

I have a Buckley sparkly poppy which I bought a few years ago to wear on my black jacket to attend the Annual Service of Remembrance held in Memorial Institute in my Mum's village (built with villagers subscriptions after WW1). I invariably lose my paper poppy so now have a little pin badge which I wear in November, I don't normally take a paper poppy but I always put money in collection tin.

I contribute to Royal British Legion through their Raffles & Lottery, also any Campaigns they run. If I buy Poppy related items I always buy from RBL Shop.

My poppy will go on my jacket today (only small pin one) "bling" poppy will stay in it's box this year as I'm not attending a service on Remembrance Sunday

I have a poppy brooch like the one shown above. I kept losing the others, so at least I wear one now. I don't wear it at any other time of the year.

I just gave a couple of quid to a poppy seller but did not want the poppy (as have glitzy one) that almost started WW3...........don't wear my broach one as much as I should it is rather heavy..........

I bought a 'glitzy' poppy the first year they became available. It's rather lovely. I also now have matching poppy earrings, bought at the Weeping Window exhibition at the Black Watch museum. If they're happy selling them, I'm sure it's fine!

I still buy a paper poppy. Yesterday was the first day I saw them for sale.

I bought a poppy brooch last year,(from the Poppy Appeal website). I started wearing it last week, when the people on TV started wearing them and I have put a donation in the box in our post office. Paper poppies immediately curl up and wilt with me and I usually have to buy two or three.

I bought my poppy brooch from the British Legion to make sure they got full benefit and I wear it from the day the annual appeal is announced. I often lost the paper ones so prefer the secure fixing of a brooch. I think brooches should only be sold by the British Legion to ensure they get as much as possible which I am not sure happens with brooches from other sources. I also have shopping bags, trolley coins and my Tower of London poppy. None of this stops me from adding to the collection tins annually and looking out for anything new the Legion may be selling.

I buy the enamel pins from British Legion, as I buy them online I always get sidetracked and buy other stuff too, 2 bags, a keyring, some poppy seeds and my 2016 pin this year. So although I don't buy a poppy from the sellers as I always lose them I do feel that having the jewellery ones available does mean they make more money. Would only buy from the British Legion though.

Does it really matter how we remember, with paper or glitter, as long as we do remember?

I intended to put my poppy on today which i purchased on a visit to the Houses of Parliament. Something made me take it off my coat. Maybe subconsciously i felt it wasn't right , so i have decided to purchase one as normal from a poppy seller next time i am in town and the fancy one i will pin to the sunshade in the car s o it isn't wasted.

trisher we may be going on a trip to the Poppy Factory next year (not sure if we will be away at the time of the trip though).

I tried to buy the Somme pin from RBL's website. The site drove me crazy! In the end I phoned and ordered that way, along with some rather pretty earrings

www.ppu.org.uk - the PeacePledge Union sells them online.

Yes Trisha the poppies were first made by disabled ex-service men. Many had lost limbs and couldn't find work. Hope Im right in saying it was started by Earl Haig. If you read books then Liz Trenew's The Poppy Factory tells you all about the difference the factory made to people's lives,it gave them confidence and self esteem that they were earning agin.

Apparently they make 36 million poppies each year

(18 million of those go to the BBC)

Just joking

Yorkshiregel ,depends on which news channel you watch/listen to.Putin may well be "a dangerous man" but as he says who is it who have air bases all over Europe ...its not him.OUR troops are being sent to Russias border ,think that might be a clue.Our governments have been involved in illegal wars for decades ,keeps our mind off the horrors they're inflicting on us her in the UK .you should take everything the "british" media report with a very large pinch of salt

Perhaps we could ban football on and around 11 th November then they wouldn't have to worry whether or not political statements were being made.

I have just bought a lovely poppy scarf from a local boutique. 20% of price goes to the British Legion and I am supporting an independent business too. I also have a knitted poppy bought from Age UK who give all the money made to the legion. I buy a paper one too. As long as we donate how we show it doesn't matter.

I just prefer a simple poppy bought every year from the poppy sellers.The glitzy ones are lovely but the thousands of lads and lassies who have died in the wars are better remembered,by me,with just a little plain poppy.
After visiting The Somme this summer and walked the fields and trenches,which were the scenes of such carnage, the simple poppy is more apt.The glitzy ones, to me, don't really reflect the blood and horror of wars.
I'm sure thousands of pounds have been raised by the sale of all poppies be they glitzy, knitted or otherwise which is a good thing but on the day I just like my little paper poppy.

I bought a small enamel poppy from the British Legion website last year as I was so fed up with losing the paper ones. I started wearing it today and will put a donation in the tin (probably several times) so the Legion will not be losing out. I can't see why there should be objections to the fancy ones - I think they look lovely and the price covers quite a few years' donations I should think. For several years I wore a lovely felt poppy with leaves bought from V V Rouleaux, but sadly even managed to lose that one.

I bought the poppy from Marks and Spencer, and I always make a donation to the poppy appeal yearly. There is no proof that that by buying this type of Poppy it reduces the amount of money that is raised in the Poppy appeal.