Poppy Factory Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, who had created the Haig Fund to assist ex-servicemen and which still raises funds through the UK's annual poppy appeal. It grew from two employees in a former wood-chopping factory in the grounds of Whitefoord House to employ over 100 people by the mid-1930s, with a waiting list of over 300. In addition to the main task of making poppies, the employees made other goods by hand which were sold at three shops in Edinburgh and by a travelling shop throughout Scotland. The factory moved to its current premises, a former printing works,
Tall poppy syndrome Tall poppy syndrome The tall poppy syndrome describes aspects of a culture where people of high status are resented, attacked, cut down, strung up or criticised because they have been classified as superior to their peers. The term has been used in cultures of the English-speaking world. The concept originates from accounts in Herodotus' "Histories" (Book 5, 92f), Aristotle's "Politics" (1284a), and Livy's "Ab Urbe Condita Libri", Book I. Aristotle uses Herodotus' story in his "Politics" (1284a) with reversed roles, referring to Periander's advice to Thrasybulus via a herald. The specific reference to poppies occurs in Livy's account of the