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Preserving poppies!

joebloggs69
joebloggs69 Posts: 167 Forumite
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Ok, so there's always a discussion about when it's to early to wear a poppy - but to cut a long story short I always buy mine as soon as they start to appear about this time of year.

The trouble with this is they get battered and tatty so quickly. I usually buy at least two, partly for this reason and also so I don't have to keep moving it from my jacket to my shirt! (I work with the public so I like to have it on during the day).

Has any one got any ideas for stopping them falling apart? I don't mind paying for more - but it's just annoying to have to wear a tatty one while you wait to find another donation box.

Can I cover it in hair spray? Will it combust when I'm in the pub?

Not a huge issue I know but I thought it might be a light hearted and seasonal discussion!

Cheers
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  • rosieben
    rosieben Posts: 5,010 Forumite
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    joebloggs69 wrote: »
    ...
    Can I cover it in hair spray? Will it combust when I'm in the pub? ...

    :rotfl:

    cant think of anything useful except to suggest you buy extras; in one of my jobs it was very important to wear a poppy and I used to keep 1 or 2 extra in my desk drawer;

    edited to say, I always support the poppy appeal anyway, used to be a collector and that was fun! ;)
    ... don't throw the string away. You always need string! :D

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  • Pink_fluff
    Pink_fluff Posts: 490 Forumite
    this year I've only seen poppies with the sticky bit on the back, they don't have the little green stick, so you can put it through a button hole etc...has anybody seen the normal kind with a pin or a green stick?
  • wogglemaker
    wogglemaker Posts: 399 Forumite
    In Gloucester they are the traditional green stick
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  • rosieben
    rosieben Posts: 5,010 Forumite
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    yes I bought last week in Hereford and its got the usual green plastic stalk
    ... don't throw the string away. You always need string! :D

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  • deborah64
    deborah64 Posts: 323 Forumite
    I got mine yesterday and it had the green stalk, but there was also a pin badge version, which i thought was a great idea.
  • LameWolf
    LameWolf Posts: 11,238 Forumite
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    The ones on sale in the pub in Stoke Bruerne, Northants last Saturday have green stalks.
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  • oystercatcher
    oystercatcher Posts: 2,362 Forumite
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    Apparently they are not allowed to give out pins any more due to health and safety. It seems people complained when they got pricked !
    The new stick on ones are experimental so may not be in all areas.

    My husband had a long discussion with a Poppy seller when the store where our Air Cadets were bag packing had 'double booked' them with the Poppy people. There were nearly very uncharitable sparks but eventually they found a compromise !

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  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,242 Forumite
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    joebloggs69 wrote: »
    Has any one got any ideas for stopping them falling apart?

    How about laminating the paper poppy bit :confused:;)

    Penny. x
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  • hardpressed
    hardpressed Posts: 2,099 Forumite
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    I'm a poppy seller and mine have been supplied with a packet of pins, If anyone asks for a pin I give them one and let them pin it on themselves. As far as I'm aware there isn't a set charge so I let people take as many as they want, there's always masses left over each year.
  • Gingernutmeg
    Gingernutmeg Posts: 3,454 Forumite
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    My mum's got poppies in her shop and they're the normal kind with the green stalk, and there's a 'paper' of pins in there too. Not sure if there's much you can do to preserve them though, they're only sugar paper so they're going to look a bit tatty after wearing for a while ... Just have to buy more lol!
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