Nottseagull
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£4.95 less cost of stationery, postage and staff costs. Of course, you could easily justify the price by accounting for a fraction of the capital cost of the offices and their maintenance, insurance, rates etc.
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[Albion] Poppy badges.
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Lindfield by the Pond
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Got a BHA one last year, but have this year gone for one with the Middlesex Regiment on it, as family died and fought with them. On showing my wife my purchase, she bought one with the WRAF on for same reason. Good to see links with our family and country heritage.
Nottseagull
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Actually I wanted to buy 7 different ones to avoid the postage, but I won't be doing that if it means looking like a cheapskate for the following 6 years!
Brian Parsons
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Being ex RAF I also bought the poppy with the RAF cap badge imposed on it. Something I wear with pride along with my BHA one.
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portlock seagull
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Find it slightly odd that people are buying their football club and poppy as a single badge. Yes a few clubs players died in ww1 but same could be said about anything such were the losses. Sure, we’re proud by association with both and that’s why we probably buy these. I’m not sure the connection is valid though, that’s all. And wonder if it’s not just ‘commercial opportunity’ in the same way a lot of ‘poppy jewellery’ has appeared in recent years and is the meaning being lost amongst fashion accessories? Perhaps. Equally, not sure if the argument ‘at least it’s raising some money towards’ holds water either if the motivation, and actual amount given, is secondary or a small percentage of. Anyway...
Nottseagull
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What happens to all those unsold 2019 badges?
RossyG
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- Dec 20, 2014
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You can buy them direct from the Royal British Legion. Mine came within three days.
https://www.poppyshop.org.uk/brighton-hove-albion-poppy-football-pin-2019.html
https://www.poppyshop.org.uk/brighton-hove-albion-poppy-football-pin-2019.html
Find it slightly odd that people are buying their football club and poppy as a single badge. Yes a few clubs players died in ww1 but same could be said about anything such were the losses. Sure, we’re proud by association with both and that’s why we probably buy these. I’m not sure the connection is valid though, that’s all. And wonder if it’s not just ‘commercial opportunity’ in the same way a lot of ‘poppy jewellery’ has appeared in recent years and is the meaning being lost amongst fashion accessories? Perhaps. Equally, not sure if the argument ‘at least it’s raising some money towards’ holds water either if the motivation, and actual amount given, is secondary or a small percentage of. Anyway...
My grandfather carried the standard for his RBL Branch for 40 years (I’ve got his framed certificate commemorating this) and my grandmother coordinated the local poppy collection for the same length of time - I asked her view about the ‘branded’ stuff like the BHA badge a few years ago and she said ‘if it means some people buy one when they otherwise wouldn’t contribute that’s good for me’
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
Available from the small stall at the south east corner of the ground. I got my four with no queuing.
2017 badge was the last present I ever bought my late Daughter.
2017 badge was the last present I ever bought my late Daughter.
BensGrandad
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They do sell them in the club shop
With no exorbitant postage charges.
burnee54
East Upper Hermit
All clubs are available at the poppy shop.https://www.poppyshop.org.uk/charity-jewellery/football-club-poppy-pins.html
I have been buying these for the last three years for my little group.
They do sell them in the club shop
Which is better than using Amazon. Any other way to get them and avoid shopping with the devil?
The Clamp
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Tenner in the legion pot and simple paper poppy for me. The occasion demands nothing snazzy.
Nottseagull
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There are only 32 clubs available on that link!
Also, the black 'buy' button just scrolls the page up.
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But wait, I thought they offended muslims etc etc etc
I struggle with the standard ones. Crushed and lost in a few hours owing to my vigorous and peripatetic lifestyle. This robust option is very welcome. And I won't make the mistake of wearing it all year (a new fad I've noticed lately - akin to an old Italian widow wearing her weeds till her last breath; a bit weird).
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The Clamp
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Fairs. Any way one wears their poppy is all good.
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
...to show you the Basket link at the top, to which your chosen badge has been added.