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Old 25-07-22, 05:21 PM
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Thumbs up The Poppy Factory

Today I went to the Poppy Factory Visitor Centre , a very pleasant couple of hours.

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1 & 2 : The Beatles had their "crossing in Abbey Road , the Factory has theirs on the main road outside.

3 & 4 : Pick and Mix , visitors get to assemble a Poppy but have to use their 'wrong' hand !

5 : Two "special" Poppies , one made by the Queen during one of her visits and the other made by Camilla ,Duchess of Cornwall , who is the Patron of the Factory.

6 : A nice example of a WW2 "Austerity" Poppy.

Basic Poppies are no longer made/assembled at the factory (it is easier/cheaper to have machines do it) but wreaths and wooden religious symbols are still made/assembled there.

https://www.poppyfactory.org/visit/

NB : No one at the factory was aware of a Poppy with 100 on the leaf , they did not produce/sell or have any involvement with them and I still have not even seen a photo of one ?

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File Type: jpg Do it yourself.jpg (50.1 KB, 5 views)
File Type: jpg Do it yourself Poppy.jpg (49.4 KB, 4 views)
File Type: jpg Special Poppies.jpg (39.8 KB, 7 views)
File Type: jpg WW2 Economy.jpg (54.2 KB, 4 views)
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