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,
Poppy & the Jezebels Poppy & the Jezebels Poppy & the Jezebels were a pop band based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Members were Mollie Kingsley (vocals, bass keyboard, theremin), Miss Amber Bradbury (guitar), Poppy Twist (drums, theremin), and Dom Vine (keyboards, synthesiser, vocals). Poppy & the Jezebels formed in late 2005 whilst pupils at Swanshurst School in Birmingham. Their debut EP "Follow me Down" was released in 2007, and received critical acclaim. "The Guardian" described the EP as "clever, intriguing, funny and devastatingly cool" while the "NME" review stated that it "set an impressive standard for a new generation". Signing with publishers Mute Song,