Remembrance Day Poppies

Does anyone know of a place online where I could buy a poppy? Every year my husband wants to wear one and they don't have them here. I wanted to see if I could find him a 'permanent' one that he could wear each year.

Does anyone know of a place online where I could buy a poppy? Every year my husband wants to wear one and they don't have them here. I wanted to see if I could find him a 'permanent' one that he could wear each year.

There's an official British legion poppy shop
They have lots of permanent things, like this lapel pin
http://www.poppyshop.org.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=57&List=1&ProductID=60

http://www.kleshna.com/p-310-swarovski-poppy-crochet-brooch-sold-out.aspx

Sold out but you can sign up for next year! 

There's an official British legion poppy shop
They have lots of permanent things, like this lapel pin
http://www.poppyshop.org.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=57&List=1&ProductID=60

Cool! Thanks!

http://www.kleshna.com/p-310-swarovski-poppy-crochet-brooch-sold-out.aspx

Sold out but you can sign up for next year! 

Haha!!! Sadly, no crystal brooch for him this year!

There's an official British legion poppy shop
They have lots of permanent things, like this lapel pin
http://www.poppyshop.org.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=57&List=1&ProductID=60

Ooh, I just noticed that the lapel pin specifically says it's "authentic "eleven o'clock" poppy lapel pin". Does that mean that that position is the correct way to wear them? I never know. People seem to have the leaf all willy nilly.

I like the 11 o'clock symbolism.

Last year I watched a how to wear the poppy etiquette piece on the news. It said the leaf should be around the 2 o'clock position and the larger petal on the bottom... but as you said it has a tendency to go willy nilly!

Did you know it was an American who came up with the idea to make the first poppy pins for fundraising after reading the poem In Flander's Field? I wonder why it never took off like it has here?

I wonder why it never took off like it has here?

Really? I remember people  standing  outside of grocery stores in the US in great quantities selling lapel poppies (granted they had a different look) in the lead up to Veteran's Day.

If you're at all crafty, there are several places with patterns or knitting/crocheting, usually in exchange for a small donation to go to vet funds: http://www.cosmicpluto.com/blog/poppy-for-remembrance/

Really? I remember people  standing  outside of grocery stores in the US in great quantities selling lapel poppies (granted they had a different look) in the lead up to Veteran's Day.

I know the American Legion sells them mostly on Memorial Day, but also around Veterans Day, so any local branch should have them. (that would be the Grocery store people)


This year I crocheted my own poppy (was tired of repeatedly stabbing my self with the pins of the paper ones) and I think if you are a beginner it would be super easy with the link angelchrome posted.

I bought him the pin that CB suggested! Not sure if my husband would wear a crocheted one.    Plus, that's beyond my abilities!

I remember people  standing  outside of grocery stores in the US in great quantities selling lapel poppies (granted they had a different look) in the lead up to Veteran's Day.

Yes, I remember that as well. Haven't seen them in years. And I remember the poem about poppies in Flanders fields as a child -- I always wondered where Flander's fields were!

I had to go to the Mall yesterday and at 11:00 AM I sat down quietly. And everyone else just kept on getting and spending  Not surprising. I did however see a piece on TV last night about two brothers who are trying to introduce the Silence at 11:00 tradition. They had seen this in Israel but the presenter pointed out that it was also a tradition in the UK, Canada and Australia.  I think it is important to remember the Armistice that began at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. That was a big deal after the War to End All Wars. Unfortunately it didn't last and we need to be reminded.

I love that in my small hometown they still have a Veteran's Day parade.  I hope that tradition never dies. 
Every year we see the same gentlemen marching; getting a little bit older, greyer, rounder.  And every year we notice a few who are no longer with us.    

I knit a poppy last year and it was really easy. This year one of my classmates was giving me a hard time about making my own instead of buying one because the point is to donate money. I told him I'm perfectly capable of donating a couple of quid without contributing to landfills. It was, I think, 95% taking the piss and 5% actual complaint, but it still made me feel self-conscious. Mind you, he didn't wear a poppy at all so to him.

I love that in my small hometown they still have a Veteran's Day parade.  I hope that tradition never dies. 
 

Well, I hope it dies out only because there are no more veterans and no more wars ...

Really? I remember people  standing  outside of grocery stores in the US in great quantities selling lapel poppies (granted they had a different look) in the lead up to Veteran's Day.

All depends where you live I suppose. I knew the significance of a red poppy but never saw it at home like I do here and that was a cosmopolitan city with nearly a million people. It's definitely more in your face here with most people up and down the high street wearing them, fundraisers outside the shops, shops with the canisters, all the war memorials covered in poppy wreaths year round and TV presenters.