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- But it also a story of the upper-class, highly educated woman, a daughter of the diplomat, a Maid of Honour to Queen Alexandra and a wife of Field-Marshall Douglas Haig, whose exceptional, privileged position in the society proved to be not enough to overcome gender stereotypes and prejudice, and whose life-time work remains mostly written off from the pages of Scottish history.
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Earl Haig's first poppy factory was in Richmond in 1922 but demand for poppies was so high that few reached Scotland. In 1926, Lady Haig established a factory in Edinburgh to produce poppies exclusively for Scotland.
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The Lady Haig Poppy Factory is a part of Poppyscotland,...
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Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory was founded in 1926 by Lady Haig,...
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Lady Haig's Poppy Factory. Our Online shop is now closed for Remembrance 2024. The online shop is temporarily closed to help us process existing orders in time for Remembrance. However, we are still accepting phone orders at 0131 550 1573, with guaranteed delivery before Remembrance.
Lady Haig's Poppy Factory was founded in Edinburgh in March 1926, shortly after the Royal British Legion's factory in London, [13] as independent charity to provide employment to disabled veterans. Lady Haig's Poppy Factory became a trading name of Poppyscotland of which it is a subsidiary.
In 1926 Lady Haig established Lady Haig's Poppy Factory in the Canongate, Edinburgh, with two men and a pair of scissors. After nearly 100 years, we're still providing employment support for disabled veterans. But a lot has changed. Read our story.
Lady Haig was a passionate woman who had advocated for the expansion of support of disabled veterans in Scotland. But it also a story of the upper-class, highly ...
Who created the Scottish remembrance poppy and why? In the aftermath of the First World War, what role did women play in facilitating support for veterans with disabilities. Lady Haig was a...
Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory was founded in 1926 by Lady Haig, wife of the Field Marshal. Originally established within the grounds of Whitefoord House, the factory is now located on Warriston Road in Edinburgh.
