Quote Originally Posted by English Bloke View Post
All these things and more are available from the Royal British Legion Poppy Shop website (clickety click)

Often around now, there are questions posed on here asking about poppies and poppy stuff and how to get hold of them so I just thought I'd let you know. The RBL are a very worthy charity too, I encourage you to support them.
The Royal British Legion are, as stated, a worthwhile charity. What some may not realise though is that they only raise funds for service and ex service personnel resident in England and Wales

Scotland has its own, entirely separate, Royal British Legion Scotland and this year celebrates the 90th anniversary of the Scottish Poppy Appeal, which supports service and ex service men and women in Scotland. Even the shape of the poppy is different to that of England

So, support the RBL if you can, but don't forget the RBLS as well as they receive nothing from the donations made to the RBL or from that poppy appeal. Both organisations need funds to continue all the good work and even more so now that ten years after 911 we have the largest group of multiple limb loss injuries caused through the resulting conflict and the extensive use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)