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Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 18:47 on 28th October 2010 Formerly the owner of a florist shop, I can tell you that ladies should wear their Poppy on their right side, whereas men should wear their Poppy on their left side! Now, how many times will you look at the television presenters, who invariably wear their Poppy on the wrong side, and think of POE? But why does it matter and where or when did the 'correct side' become a point of issue? Is it something to do with the wearing of Medals for example? |
| Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 17:45 on 30th October 2010 As we approach November 11th - the eqivalent of Veterans Day for our friends from across the pond, will you be wearing your poppy on the correct side? |
Marjorie Pope Posts: 6710 Joined: 13th Apr 2010 Location: UK | quotePosted at 20:35 on 30th October 2010 Yes, I will Ron. I always wear it on the right side, although I have to admit more by accident than design, so thanks for that information. It's driving me mad now looking at the TV presenters .... right, wrong, right, wrong........! LOL However, wearing one is what really matters surely. |
| Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 20:46 on 30th October 2010 Absolutely Marjorie! And yes, the tv presenters do get it wrong don't they? |
lancashirelove Posts: 1986 Joined: 18th Feb 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 14:59 on 31st October 2010 In Britain we wear our military medals on the Left side of our chest and only in ONE line (even if they have to overlap) unlike other countries . A Brit with say ten service medals would wear them in one line whereas an American would wear several lines. The 'poppy' is worn on the left of your breast (as is a gents 'buttonhole') |
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 05:28 on 1st November 2010 On 30th October 2010 17:45, Ron Brind wrote:
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| Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 20:03 on 6th November 2010 And still the presenters on the television wear their poppy on the WRONG side! |
Paul Hilton  Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 22:03 on 6th November 2010 A bit like when i see in the paper or photo mag's of a wedding and the groom is shown on the wrong side of the bride. Last year even had to have a quiet word with the vicar after the rehearsal, for they had arranged for the groom to walk down the aisle on the bride's left side messing up my pics of that. And the reason they just don't reverse their positons, but swap around, is that now with the groom on the brides's right, he is now walking up the aisle alongside the bride's family, symbolically showing he is now part of that side too, and vice versa with the bride now being part of the groom's family. If they simply turned around and walked up the aisle as they had come in, this symbolic joining of the two families has been lost. Photo mag's giving lessons in wedding photography should know better and put the groom on the bride's right for formal photos. |
| Sk Lawson Posts: 4014 Joined: 7th Oct 2010 Location: USA | quotePosted at 03:33 on 7th November 2010 Oh Joy people....they put BBC's "The Avengers" back on over here.. Emma Peel and and her boss. Do you guys remember that TV series? Steel was his name I think. Ok, no problem with the poppy bit today, hubby went out to an veteran's breakfast early this morning at the Good Sheppard Church.
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| Paul Hilton Posts: 2605 Joined: 21st Nov 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 07:23 on 7th November 2010 You were close Shirley----John Steed, who I'm sure knows when to tip his bowler hat and knows which side to wear his poppy.  |
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