Comments on: The Poppy: Design of Remembrance http://www.thejanuarist.com/the-poppy-design-of-remembrance/ PAST vs PRESENT Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:00:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sian Prescott http://www.thejanuarist.com/the-poppy-design-of-remembrance/#comment-88 Sian Prescott Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:14:30 +0000 http://www.thejanuarist.com/?p=531#comment-88 And of course, Amy, John McCrae was a Canadian! And of course, Amy, John McCrae was a Canadian!

]]> By: Sian Prescott http://www.thejanuarist.com/the-poppy-design-of-remembrance/#comment-87 Sian Prescott Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:38:35 +0000 http://www.thejanuarist.com/?p=531#comment-87 Thanks Amy. Now that is very interesting! And now you have mentioned it, I've just remembered that Scottish poppies are different to the ones you see in the rest of the UK - with four petals and no green leaf. I am not 100% sure why this is so but I seem to recall a claim that it cost £15K less to not have the green leaf (as well as being 'botanically correct'). I just find it rather fascinating a symbol, and particularly the idea that it was designed with the idea of disabled workers assembling it. Thanks Amy. Now that is very interesting! And now you have mentioned it, I’ve just remembered that Scottish poppies are different to the ones you see in the rest of the UK – with four petals and no green leaf. I am not 100% sure why this is so but I seem to recall a claim that it cost £15K less to not have the green leaf (as well as being ‘botanically correct’).
I just find it rather fascinating a symbol, and particularly the idea that it was designed with the idea of disabled workers assembling it.

]]> By: Amy Thibodeau http://www.thejanuarist.com/the-poppy-design-of-remembrance/#comment-85 Amy Thibodeau Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:41:24 +0000 http://www.thejanuarist.com/?p=531#comment-85 God post Sian. Another cultural difference - Canadian poppies are quite different from the ones in the UK. Colour is the same, but ours are made of a plastic material with a velvety finish on the front and a small green or black velvet piece in the centre. Ours also has four 'petals' and is bigger. Anyhooo, these subtle cultural differences are interesting. See the Canadian poppy here: http://www.majumdar.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/remembrance-day-poppy.jpg God post Sian.

Another cultural difference – Canadian poppies are quite different from the ones in the UK. Colour is the same, but ours are made of a plastic material with a velvety finish on the front and a small green or black velvet piece in the centre. Ours also has four ‘petals’ and is bigger. Anyhooo, these subtle cultural differences are interesting. See the Canadian poppy here: http://www.majumdar.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/remembrance-day-poppy.jpg

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