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ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 9 Nov 2020 18:40

I where my poppy and other pin on flowers upside down as I think that is the correct way for women to where them, so I wonder if any other women do the same, or I’m I too old fashioned?

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 9 Nov 2020 18:43

I always wear mine with the leaf at 11 oclock position :-D

MotownGal

MotownGal Report 9 Nov 2020 18:45

LG you beat me to it. I was going to say exactly the same thing. :-D

Saying that, in the past few years I have been wearing the enamel version with the year printed on it.

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LaGooner

LaGooner Report 9 Nov 2020 18:50

I have enamel ones as well and I always turn them so the leaf is correct :-D

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 9 Nov 2020 18:50

I always understood that it was correct for women to wear their poppies on the right. But I notice that the Royals wear theirs on the left.

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 9 Nov 2020 18:52

I have always worn mine on the right

MotownGal

MotownGal Report 9 Nov 2020 18:53

I wear my on the left, simply because I wear a crossbody bag.

Researching:

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 9 Nov 2020 19:01

It should be worn on the left, that's the way I was told as a WRAF and the British Legion say the same.

Researching:
Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 9 Nov 2020 19:07

Have always worn mine on the left

Sadly none this year as not been out :-(

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 9 Nov 2020 19:09

Thank you for that Pat I have had it wrong for about 60 years :-(. But at least I can say I always wear one.

Sharron

Sharron Report 9 Nov 2020 19:27

I think the correct thing is to just wear them.

Island

Island Report 9 Nov 2020 19:59

Just wear it! That's all that matters.

Kense

Kense Report 9 Nov 2020 20:03

British Legion website says

3. There is no ‘correct’ way to wear a poppy
Wearing a poppy is a personal choice reflecting individual and personal memories.

https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/stories/11-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-poppy

Island

Island Report 9 Nov 2020 20:16

Exactly Ken. I blame the likes of Facebook for spreading 'rules'.

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 9 Nov 2020 20:41

I remember my mum pinning a poppy on my coat in the 1950s so no Facebook influence back then lol.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

Kay

Kay Report 9 Nov 2020 23:44

Namelessone, I always thought it was correct to wear it on the right too, and often wondered why the royals never did. I guess that's because it's "proper" for ladies to wear buttonholes on the right. I live and learn.

Barbra

Barbra Report 10 Nov 2020 20:15

I always wear mine on the right always have men left lapel x to be honest just put it were you like

Researching:
Tipperary. Derby .Moray. ST. Helens. Bladen /.My Eldest Son /