Poppy Appeal 2014
 

Gosh is it the autumn already?!

I've got the Poppy tin out for 2014.

If you'd like a Poppy (or a number of poppies) please PM me and let me know. I'll give you a contact address to send a donation (last year $2 a poppy seemed about the right mark, but whatever you can afford is fine).

If you can include an stamped SAE that would be a big help as postage costs will come out my own pocket - 100% of donations will go in the tin.

All proceeds are sent to the Royal British Legion 1st Florida Branch. Thanks!!

http://i.imgur.com/NEpt980.jpg

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Good to see you're doing this again! :)

For those in Boston, the consulate usually have them too, but they often do fairly quickly.

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Cheers Bob - every donation is greatly received, it's nice to have a place to come where others like to mark the event! :thumbsup:

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I wonder how many of these poppies have been sold?

https://poppies.hrp.org.uk/buy-a-poppy/

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As of August, over 200,000 according to the DT.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/w...of-London.html


I ordered mine.

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I ordered one too, but ouch, that postage hurt.

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Just curious what do you plan to do with it?
Stick it in the garden? display it somewhere in your home? Maybe close to a photo of the display at the tower of London etc, just keep it as a collectible? or something else.

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The main reason for getting it was to support the charities the sales benefit, and to support the continued remembrance of who died for what and why.

I did not buy it as a decorative item, any more than I do the paper poppies I buy every year. It will probably be visible in my house somewhere, however.

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Yeah, but it's a once in a lifetime thing.

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I like this option. Something for everyone.

Poppy Shop UK - The Royal British Legion Online Charity Shop and Gift Shop

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Good question. In my case I couldn't resist the concept, as it were. I have no idea what I'll do with it once it arrives. No need to worry about the answer for a few weeks yet!

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I'll just try and not break it and worry about where to put it afterwards :lol:

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We decided to buy one too :)
We will decide where to put it when i see what condition its in, it says to expect rust.

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They are outside. The metal stems are bound to be rusty. It matters not.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...3440ba71d8.jpg

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I was up the Shard in August and remember seeing something red around the Tower of London, and wondering what on earth it was. Wish I had gone to look now!

http://i.imgur.com/o3HDDsP.png