[beebo]

I always thought it was left, then I have noticed a few TV presenters ( female) wearing on the right, any idea on Poppy Etiquette?

[sla_steve]

it really doesnt matter

The Royal British Legion spokesman says there is no right or wrong side "other than to wear it with pride".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8333733.stm

[Ameri]

Right or left - or the middle

[Scratchplate]

Male - Left

Female - Right

[alan_m]

Originally Posted by beebo

I always thought it was left, then I have noticed a few TV presenters ( female) wearing on the right, any idea on Poppy Etiquette?

Left = Pro Afghanistan war
Right = Anti Afghanistan war

[lea_uk]

If I'm wearing a coat I wear it down the middle in the button hole but now as I've got a double breasted one it'll be on the side hehe.

[SourCherry]

Someone had a right go at me in the street the other day for wearing it on the wrong side. At least I wear one.

[stillrockin]

Originally Posted by Scratchplate

Male - Left

Female - Right

Is that a fact???

I always wear mine on the left but then I did come out on some questionnaire thing as having a male brain; maybe that explains it.

[NIKKID]

With the leaf at 2 o'clock

[Andy Birkenhead]

I always thought that you wear the poppy on the left is because your heart is on the left.
The poppy should be close to your heart.
(The same reason why you wear your wedding ring on your left hand)

[Daisy70]

Left for me.

If I can keep it on long enough, I always lose mine on the same day I get it This year's one lasted a whole 4 hours.

[paulyoung666]

as i always forget to transfer them , i have decided my car is going to wear my poppy this year , and it does it with pride

[cultureman]

Might be wrong but get the sense that some military people feel that those who are or have been members of the Armed Forces, [past or present], are entitled to wear their poppy on the left; whereas civilians should wear it on the right.

Don't approve as a rule of people wearing those oversized poppies* - war widows excepted. They are a bit too, "look at me" for my personal taste. AFAIC poppies are an icon of remembrance, not fashion accessories.


* Fine of course on the front of trucks, vans and cars!

[Jay Bigz]

I always turn mine upside down and wedge it between my zipper.

[jimmy7bellies]

Originally Posted by cultureman

Might be wrong but get the sense that some military people feel that those who are or have been members of the Armed Forces, [past or present], are entitled to wear their poppy on the left; whereas civilians should wear it on the right.

I've not heard this before but I really don't think it matters at all, I'm sure they would rather people wear a poppy anywhere...left, right, on their collar, hat, pinned to their backside where ever, than not wear one at all. It's a symbolic, all be it small gesture.

[dome]

Originally Posted by NIKKID

With the leaf at 2 o'clock

Should be at 11, to represent the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour, when the Armistice was signed in 1918 to bring the end of WW1

[sadoldbird]

Isn't it about a contribution to the British Legion?

I've contributed and I don't care if people know it or not. I've only had my poppy for a day and I've lost it, but if I still had it, I wouldn't be worrying about it so-called poppy etiquette.

It's about the principle not the display.

[summerain]

I attached mine to my handbag as it kept falling off my coat

[grumpyscot]

Originally Posted by dome

Should be at 11, to represent the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour, when the Armistice was signed in 1918 to bring the end of WW1

Agree - if your poppy has a leaf. Scottish poppies don't have one. If you notice, the Queens poppy display has one that doesn't have a leaf - this is in recognition of that foreign land.

[Ber]

Mine is on the right on the edge of the (oversized) collar on my coat.

Was the only place I could put it without having to stick a pin in my coat which I am NOT doing