Respect for the Fallen.

[Landsurfer]

I travel all over the country fixing things.
I have noticed, everywhere from Edinburgh to Penzance, how many people of all ages are still wearing Poppies.
Usually enamel ones, although in a few cases the paper ones still.
I asked one of the staff at Haymarket Depot why she had one on her hi-vis jacket.
She replied " 1day a year is not enough to remember all those that have fallen " .... lump in the throat moment for me it was.
A young woman with an older outlook ?

Do any of you still wear a poppy ?
My wife wears hers on her hand bag all year round and has for a couple of years.
I've put mine back on the lapel of my work jacket as a result of the encounter with the Lady in Edinburgh.
I feel it's the right thing to do.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Do any of you still wear a poppy ?

Yep

 

[Threevok]

I always buy one, when I see them being sold.

I even contribute if I am already wearing one.

 

[Ian H]

Personal preference: I don't wear one.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I'm not a wearer but I am a respectful rememberer.

 

[cyberknight]

Donate but don't take a poppy ,more money to the ones who need it.

 

[Smudge]

I have a poppy wristband that lives on the handlebar brake reservoir on my motorcycle all year round. I also attend Weston bike night every week throughout the summer, which has been going and run by the British Legion since 2008 and raises many thousands every year for the poppy appeal.
Yet to find out if it will still be going this year after the recent closure of the Weston branch of the BL.

 

[Landsurfer]

British Legions seem to be disappearing at a hell of a rate ....

 

[MontyVeda]

I have respect but don't feel the need to 'show' my respect by wearing a poppy.

 

[ianrauk]

Me no
My partner, a small metal poppy badge. Her father was a WW2 veteran.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I have respect but don't feel the need to 'show' my respect by wearing a poppy.

Indeed, it's possible to respect the sacrifice without announcing it. Some prefer to do so privately but that is sometimes misinterpreted by others as a lack of respect.

 

[DCLane]

I choose not to wear a poppy, but am happy to donate.

 

[pawl]

Yep

me to.Have one on each of my outdoor jackets 🧥 2017 ton2019.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Like @cyberknight I donate but I never take one.

 

[figbat]

I wear a poppy around remembrance time. Most years I also, during this time, have to give presentations or speeches to an international audience. Every year, without fail, people from outside of the UK approach me and ask about the red flower, what it means, why am I wearing it. It gives me the opportunity to talk about remembrance for all who have served and sacrificed in all conflicts but also to tell the story of the poppy and the fields of Belgium in the first world war. Given that it is such an entrenched tradition in the UK I was initially surprised that it wasn't known at all elsewhere, even in neighbouring countries. However now I expect to be asked and welcome the opportunity to discuss it, and the overt poppy-wearing facilitates this.