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The Poppy Factory is a factory in Richmond, London, England, where remembrance wreaths are made. It was founded in 1922 to offer employment opportunities to wounded soldiers returning from the First World War , creating remembrance poppies and wreaths for the Royal Family and the Royal British Legion 's annual Poppy Appeal .
In 1922 George Howson pledged that the disabled society could provide the poppies, which under the name of "The Poppy Factory" they continue to do. On 1 January 1994 the words on the central black button were changed from "Haig Fund" to "Poppy Appeal". [1]
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Ruby Sheffield has supported the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal since the age of four. Ruby, 10, among youngest attendees to join veterans at 2024 Poppy Appeal launch Skip to main content
The Field of Remembrance is a memorial garden organised annually by the Poppy Factory in Westminster, London. For eight days, from the morning of the Thursday before Remembrance Sunday until the evening of following Thursday, the lawn of St Margaret's Church, Westminster , between Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament , is marked out ...
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Howson started with a workforce of five disabled ex-servicemen at a former collar factory on the Old Kent Road in June 1922. The number of employees rapidly increased to over 40, and they made a million poppies within two months. The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) visited the Poppy Factory in November 1924. The factory made 27 million ...
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