Poppy Day Sparkly Poppy where to buy

[Jacqui Harvey]

The sparkly poppies that the ladies have been wear on Strictly and on various T.V. programmes are about £80.00 each. However, the British Legion website have a lovely cheaper version.  It's a limited edition Poppy Brooch by Buckley.  With postage it's £11.99. and the money goes to a good cause.   Also on this site is lot of other poppy jewellery.
A word of warning. The site has been inundated with people wanting the brooches so, it's extremely slow so expect to spend a long time waiting to get one, best to try really early or very late in the day. Got mine this morning
Go to https://www.poppyshop.org.uk

[pookie]

Keith :  can we ban Jacqui from CBF...   please ?  I know this is all for a good cause, but still......

[Jacqui Harvey]

quote:Originally posted by pookie

Keith :  can we ban Jacqui from CBF...   please ?  I know this is all for a good cause, but still......

Now look Pookie you may have spent £80.00 on a brooch.  I have saved you so much money.. That's gratitude for you:

[pookie]

no, I've resisted this one, but I still think you are a terribly bad influence  :D:D

[loz]

Oh dear my favourite flower, Gordon has given the link to a friend (he didn't offer to buy it for me:()  out comes the card, well it is for a good cause:D

[pookie]

they were advertised on the Alan Titchmarsh show last night, other goodies such as umbrellas and cuff links.  Loz - you must love Turkey in May then if you like Poppies.

[pookie]

oh dear, the Poppyshop website is 'down'......

[loz]

I didn't watch the show but that might explain why the website was so slow.

Yes Pookie Poppy fields, I used to love going for a drive into the countryside just to look at the poppy fields, I have so many photos but they never look as good as the real thing.

[pookie]

off topic slightly, but I remember driving back from Ephesus one May, over the hills.  We came across fields and fields of poppies, mainly white 'medicinal' poppies, but I remember one particular field of deep purple poppies, absolutely beautiful and so unusual.  Stunning.  We are back next May and hope to do the same route - I will ensure I have the camera fully charged this trip !!!  (found a lovely red field on the way to Patara (Xanthos way) last spring, that was beautiful, but the photo didn't really do it credit.  I always want to run into the middle of the field and take a photo from there, but am worried about the reaction of the farmers !!

[Jacqui Harvey]

No Loz, the website has been slow for a few days now because it has had wide coverage on social networking sites.  A lot of woman had been looking for the sparkly poppies and now they have found the site everyone is buying them, seems they have become a "must have fashion item".  Apart from this being such a good cause, the bonus is they are made by Buckley and a limited edition.
I was quite surprised when I went to the site and saw all the poppy items they have.  I am sure you will be in Poppy heaven.