Category: November

Why airmen in particular? I made this one a few years ago, because of an incident in my wartime childhood which has always stayed with me, and because of old family connections to the airforce. I have never understood why we celebrate so many peace-related events, or greet royalty for instance, by shooting a weapon!

Of course I wear a red poppy in remembrance of ALL the fallen – in WWII and all other wars.

But I ALSO wear a WHITE poppy, and for those of you who don’t know about it… here is some info about it:

The fallen forces of the countries who are fighting are not the only fallen! Many, many, more deaths are civilians. If you wear a white poppy, it is best to wear a red one as well. White ones upset some people!

There are many websites about it; the site below explains the reasons to wear a white poppy. Unfortunately, that site is not clickable from here, but you can Google White Poppies or Peace Poppies.