Rememberance Sunday

[bloodycheap]

I may walk around with my eyes closed but who sells red poppys either high street or online?

[Powell1975]

try your local chemist

[Buenchico]

The Customer Service desk of any of the major supermarkets should have them. (Personally I refuse to wear one because I think commemorating the dead is a total waste of time - I don't attend funerals, either - but I still put money into the tins because I'm happy to help the living).

Chris

[Lore]

schools have them every year and have done for as long as I can remember... But when I was at school, you made a donation for 1 poppy.. today I noticed the children at my work place were buying three and upwards for less than 20p!!
slightly missing the point I think! needless to say, words have been said!

you usually get people from the Salvation Army selling them on the high street.

[thelewisgang]

the post offices have them on their counters- well, they do where I live anyway!

[lady_p_gold]

Isn't the money used to help those from the wars (even recent ones) that are still suffering rather than simply commemorating the dead ???

[lady_p_gold]

Oh I see what you mean Buenchico, sorry read your answer again. I agree about funerals ... I would love people to have a party at mine ! (and some might!)

[smudge]

My husband came home from Sainsbuy's last week with two red poppies.

[smudge]

*Sainsbury's even!

[WendyS]

The poppies are sold by the Royal British Legion, the organisation which looks after the welfare of disabled soldiers, sailors & airmen. They have a wide range of poppy sellers - you can often find collection tins and poppies in supermarkets, banks, pubs and in the run-up to Rememkbrance Sunday in High Streets outside some of the main stores. (And yes, I do always wear my poppy with pride when I think of the sacrifices the members of our Armed Services made in the past and continue to make).

[smudge]

Hi Wendy - I'm glad to say that we always wear our poppies with pride too & for the same reasons as yourself.

[Buenchico]

I certainly don't want to fall out with Wendy or Smudge but I think I ought to relate a tale from work last year. A colleague of mine strongly criticised me for refusing to wear a poppy. This was despite the facts that
(a) he'd seen me put a fiver in the collecting tin and
(b) only a few minutes earlier he'd told me that he'd got his poppy for free because it had been dropped by a customer!
I told this to another RBL collector later in the day (to whom I also gave a couple of pounds) and he seemed to accept my point of view more than that of my colleague!

Chris

[smudge]

Everyone to their own Buenchio - so why would we fall out? We donate & like to wear our poppies, as did our parents.

I don't know how your colleague could hold his head up after wearing a poppy he'd found & not donated towards - tight sod!