1.

How do you react to a flag-seller in the street?

2.

It was Queen Alexandra who introduced Britain to the concept of selling emblems in support of charity.

3.

She got the idea from a Danish priest.

4.

The first day on which flags were sold was in August 1914.

5.

Permits to collect were granted to societies rather than to individuals.

6.

Animals were said to cause obstruction.