Tower Of London Poppies

[Campo]

Lordbenny said:

I know servicemen who are now boycotting this farce....10% goes to charity...that's a fu@@ing joke. The makers get over £20,000,000 for making a few ceramic poppies and charities get just over £2,000,000!

They could always just make a dedication and donation and do without the poppy.

http://poppies.hrp.org.uk/make-a-dedication

I think its been a wonderful idea and 10% of the sale price PLUS all profits will go to the six charities. That is a great achievement.

[Campo]

Fun Bus said:

BaZaB said:

Just spoken to Plymouth's TR2 workshop who made them

Really? I thought they were being made in Derby.

They are being made in Derby.

[lamboman100]

Campo said:

Lordbenny said:

I know servicemen who are now boycotting this farce....10% goes to charity...that's a fu@@ing joke. The makers get over £20,000,000 for making a few ceramic poppies and charities get just over £2,000,000!

They could always just make a dedication and donation and do without the poppy.

http://poppies.hrp.org.uk/make-a-dedication

I think its been a wonderful idea and 10% of the sale price PLUS all profits will go to the six charities. That is a great achievement.

It is quite common for UK charity donations to go 80% to 90% on covering costs, and charities only to see a small portion of your donated quid (the "profit").

[Fun Bus]

Campo said:

Fun Bus said:

BaZaB said:

Just spoken to Plymouth's TR2 workshop who made them

Really? I thought they were being made in Derby.

They are being made in Derby.

Not just me then! Pride Park area; the artist is a Derbyshire lad who graduated from Derby.

[CAPP0]

Fats25 said:

Wife says they are there until armistice day, and will be removed on 12th and then shipped.

This year or 2018 though?

[Fats25]

CAPP0 said:

This year or 2018 though?

This one - 2014.

[CAPP0]

Cheers Chris, got it round my neck again then.

[Fats25]

CAPP0 said:

Cheers Chris, got it round my neck again then.

Only what I have been told. I have not double checked myself!

[BlackLabel]

Looking even better now:

[London424]

My office is right there and it's an absolute zoo there at the moment, as you can see in the pictures. Never seen it like that before!

[vescaegg]

Looking forward to visiting this on Friday

[steveT350C]

oh dear...

'The Tower of London poppies are fake, trite and inward-looking – a Ukip-style memorial'

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjo...

[rohrl]

steveT350C said:

oh dear...

'The Tower of London poppies are fake, trite and inward-looking – a Ukip-style memorial'

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjo...

I read that too. Stupid article. Good to see that he gets a kicking from the commenters below.

[Roo]

Like several others I ordered one of these a long time ago.

Something to remember them by.

[Vocal Minority]

I will be off to have a look a week Saturday. Looking forward to it.

The article was being confrontational for the sake of it IMHO.

[London424]

Just heard the Last Post being played from my desk...very surreal hearing it.

[Mr GrimNasty]

Mark Knopfler plays Last Post

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29801...

[jogon]

Guam said:

steveT350C said:

oh dear...

'The Tower of London poppies are fake, trite and inward-looking – a Ukip-style memorial'

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjo...

Missed your post Steve just posted it on the UKIP thread,

The mail tears it to pieces here

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2811898/Sn...

More horrors from the liberal's fascist army the UAF whom one David Cameron is a founding signatory.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/andrew-gill...

[Cheese Mechanic]

This is something I 'd really like to see , but unfortunately, I won't be able to get to London for a number of reasons.

I well recall though, that around 7 or 8years ago a landowner in Rutland deliberately seeded a multi acre field with red poppies, in commemoration I beleive of a lost relative. The result was astonishing, just red poppies as far as the eye could see. I could not go by without stopping tontake in the specatacle, one of those times I bumped into the tall chap who presents the TV series, "Coast"

I'm hoping to buy 3 of the poppies, I lost a Grandfather and 2 Uncles, important that they are remembered.

[ralphrj]

Cheese Mechanic said:

I'm hoping to buy 3 of the poppies

Too late - all sold.