Gordon H wrote:
In message , Donwill
writes
People who appear on TV seem to be wearing poppies very early this
year or is it my imagination? There are 19 days to go before the
11th day of the 11th Month.
What is the protocol for this and who decides these matters. I
usually wear a red poppy during the week in which the 11th day falls
in. Don

Not sure about the dates, I usually get one when I see a poppy seller.

I usually choose the very basic poppy, and make a donation, rather
than buy an elaborate one, because when I asked a lady who was
selling them she told me that they make more on the simple ones which
cost almost nothing to produce.
Having been a member of the British Legion I get many opportunities to
buy raffle tickets and make donations which pop through my letter box
several times per year. :-)

Remember that they are now needing even more to help the servicemen
maimed or mentally scarred in the two recent wars....

I prefer to wear both the red and the white poppies, so I generally wait
till the white ones are available. Unless it goes wrong, as it did last
year, and the white ones didn't show up here at all.

--
Mike.