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 Factory July 2017, The Queen visited the Factory to celebrate the charity’s 90th anniversary. Lady Haig's Poppy Factory is a charity based in Edinburgh Scotland to provide employment to disabled veterans. It is an independent charity, but the name Lady Haig's Poppy Factory is a trading name of Poppyscotland of which it is a subsidiary. Lady Haig's Poppy Factory was founded in March 1926, shortly after the Royal British Legion's factory in London. It was created to serve the demand for Remembrance Day poppies in Scotland. The factory was created at the suggestion of and by Dorothy, Countess Haig, wife of