With our very grateful and humble thanks to our good friend Sue Robinson for laying one of our Murphy’s Army purple poppy wreaths today. In Sue’s words.. ‘Laid with love on behalf of your charity, thank you for trusting us. Animals of WW1 Pozieres France. 02/07/2023’ An honour for us indeed, thank you so very much
Perhaps you know that these purple poppies are hand made. But we wonder if you know just how much time is spent preparing them… the knitting or crocheting… adding pins for the ‘human’ poppies, Velcro for the animal ones… bagging… counting into boxes for our ambassadors and outlets… packing and posting for the online sales Hours upon hours (upon hours!) of work, and every minute given freely
The purple poppy is a symbol of remembrance for animals lost in Service but was little known until Murphy’s Army launched our Purple Poppy Campaign back in 2016. We felt that it was only right that the animals should be remembered, alongside their human counterparts, and thus our journey to inform and educate began. We remember not only the animals lost, but pay tribute to those who serve us today – working alongside our Emergency Services, in the Military, Prisons and Border Forces – keeping us safe in so many different ways…
Well, we said watch this space, and now we can share with you the wonderful news that the second beneficiary of this year’s Murphy’s Army Purple Poppy Campaign will be The Horse Trust ????????
We already know what incredible work they do taking care of former serving horses in their retirement, from all areas of public duty, and of course the many rescue horses and ponies they look after so kindly too ???????? It really is an honour to be able to help them again this year. We hope you’ll be as pleased as we are with the choice ???????? #theyalsoserved