After collecting my daily newspaper, I noticed poppies for sale. I purchased a couple. The saleslady told me that when she was a child she used to sell the Royal British Legion poppies in the street, even going door-to-door.

I have lived here for some years now but have never heard of or seen this practice before. Does it still exist? If not, when did it cease?

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