[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes....I do wear a poppy.......an enamel one.
I bought it a few years ago but I still contribute each November without taking a new poppy.
I consider my contribution to be the subscription for wearing my more permanent poppy.
Why do I wear one?
Well, it is for me, a way to respect those men and women who went and fought for the freedoms that we, as a nation enjoy.
I do not see it as being about war and bloodshed......but about respecting the memories of the fallen.

All those who wear a white poppy in the belief that it will single them out as being against war......that there is a better way to resolve international issues need to be a little more realistic.......and less subject to the politicisation of our history, had there been any alternative to the wars don't you think the concerted effort of world leaders would have found it.......wasn't there much made of the efforts to avoid conflict.....and still there was war.

We cannot change what happened in the two world conflicts......and no way does the wearing of a poppy signify that you are pro war......it just signifies that you remember and respect the fallen.