The Cromarty Archive
No: 458 Contributor: Sandy Russell Year: 1936
Children selling poppies - c1936
The signs on the boxes say 'Scottish Children's League of Pity'.
2nd from left - Mona Mackenzie
3rd from left - Wilma Russell
Picture added on 19 August 2003
My father reconises a few additional faces. Rear far left Margaret Ross (nee Isaccson) far right Martha Reid, front row smallest girl on right Florrence Gillies.
Added by Andrew Bathie on 23 August 2003
It is Martha Reid on the far right, in 1936 she would have been age 12. My Mother (Jessie) says the annual Poppy appeal was quite an event involving the younger children as "sellers" and their older brother's and sisters as organisers.
Added by Arthur Bird on 25 August 2003
The 3rd from the left in the back row is my aunt Biddy Marks.
Added by Vairi Anderson on 29 November 2004
Fourth from the left is my Mum Isobel MacKenzie. She now lives in Brisbane, Australia.
Added by Fiona Macleod on 17 February 2011
These aren't poppy sellers, they're selling white heather for the Scottish Children's League of Pity.
Added by Eric Malcom on 23 March 2012
2nd from the right is Rhoda Maclennan.
Added by Fiona Moreland on 03 April 2012
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