Remembrance Day and Poppies

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

Apparently they make 36 million poppies each year

(18 million of those go to the BBC)

Just joking

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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

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.

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.

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

Greyduster - I made the same comment while watching Countryfile too. They're clearly following some BBC ruling. I wonder when those clips were recorded ...
I do have a couple of glittery poppies, bought last year and this, purely because I always lose the paper ones, usually a couple of minutes before the two minute silence. I still buy a paper one anyway, accepting that it will get lost.

Many years ago my husband appeared on BBC's What's My Line. The recording took place in August but a lady was handing out poppies to be worn, because the programme was to be shown in November. Everyone had to wear one.

I bought a Buckley brooch poppy several years ago and start wearing it from the beginning of November. I have for many years donated an annual amount by dd to the British Legion, and always pop a few coins into any poppy seller's tin that I come across. So I feel I have done "my bit" so to speak, and everyone's happy!

YG I think 80% of the profit from the lovely Buckley brooch (as sold eg in M&S)goes to the RBL, not sure about the very snazzy more expensive ones.

I crochet poppies, in both red and white, every year. A local wool/fabric/craft shop sells them at a cost of £2-50 each with all the money going to RBL. Each poppy only takes a small amount of yarn to make, and I pick up black buttons and safety pins whenever I see them going cheaply, so I bear the cost of producing them. They're quick to make, so I have a little production line going in the evenings whilst watching TV.
I still buy a paper poppy every year though, but disagree with the £1-00 most people seem to think is an acceptable amount to donate. If you can afford it, donate at least £5-00, after all it's not as if we're offering to lay down our lives is it?