Dean Clarke

Britain's first poppies weren't made in Britain. 🇫🇷 In 1921, every one was shipped over from France. 🚢 Back home, thousands of men had come back from the trenches without an arm, a leg or an eye. Many couldn't find work. 💔 One wounded officer, Major George Howson, had an idea. Britain's poppies, made by Britain's wounded. 🌺 He wrote home: "I do not think it can be a great success. But it is worth trying." ✍️ In June 1922, five disabled men sat down at a bench on the Old Kent Road. 🪑 Within two months, they'd made a million. 🤯 By 1924, twenty-seven million. Enough for more than half the people in Britain. 🇬🇧 A century later, veterans there still make the royal wreaths laid at the Cenotaph. 🕊️ So now, when you put yours on, you can also remember where it came from. 🙏 We will remember them. 🌺 Be part of us. ☝️🇬🇧 Be Proud Of Us. 🙏🇬🇧