POPPY DAY IN ENGLAND
SALES £4,923,959 IN 13 YEARS. (British Official Wireless.) Rec. 5.5 p.m. Rugby, Sept. 12. Sales of artificial poppies for the British Legion, which are made annually on Poppy Day, November 11, have yielded a gross revenue since 1921 of £4,923,959, the number of poppies distributed in the 13 years being 33,033,000. The result of the 1933 Poppy Day appeal was £511,853, an increase of nearly £30,000 over the previous year.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1934, Page 5
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