Skipman Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 I'm sure over the next months and years the Great War Bandwagon will gather momentum. Here's a very small example from Amazon They must think we're mugs? Click Any more examples of 'all aboard the bandwagon'? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 Fourteen quid for a mug? Goodness me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 ......and only a mug would buy it? I'm sure there will be many more examples to come. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangel9 Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 .......Polyester coated dishwasher safe ceramic mug. Weight 11oz, diameter 80mm, height 95mm. Image printed twice where practical and attached using dye sublimation process for seamless appearance and vivid colours. Sent in polystyrene box with card outer..... Sounds like a bargain to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 This one amused me, 'Officially Licensed Merchandise'. http://www.amazon.co.uk/WW1-Trenches-Map-Wash-Bag/dp/B00K9QV34W/ref=sr_1_10?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1406563057&sr=1-10&keywords=somme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 How about these, Mike? http://www.zazzle.co.uk/ww1+kitchen+towels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 Quality Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 Kaiser Helmets Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 Mike, Mike - you really need to distinguish between pre-centenary Great War tat and 'proper' Great War Centenary Tat - I suspect a lot of us have an example of the former tucked away somewhere (photos please). The real thing just has to have '2014' on it somewhere. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 It's all done in the best possible taste................................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 Kaiser Helmets Mike I rather fancy the Wing Commanders 'tache advertised on the same page but I think Broomers has already bought one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 Mike, Mike - you really need to distinguish between pre-centenary Great War tat and 'proper' Great War Centenary Tat - I suspect a lot of us have an example of the former tucked away somewhere (photos please). The real thing just has to have '2014' on it somewhere. Sue Right enough Sue. I have to be more discerning. Pete. Taste is the name of the game. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 Should I patent the World War Onesie? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 It occured to me while I was ordering my mug and a gross of the tea towels that the years 1914 to 18 were not free from the marketing of items of questionable utility for the boys in the trenches. One of the many wonderful things in the Wipers Times are the satirical advertisments that lampoon this. My personal favourite is the combined gas hood and mouth organ (keeps the troops' spirits up during chlorine attacks). Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 combined gas hood and mouth organ (keeps the troops' spirits up during chlorine attacks Pete. One of them will be worth a fortune now? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 Undoubtedly Mike, who knows, it may be an item on the next WW1 themed Antiques Roadshow. On the wider questionable WW1 related tat issue does the team think it will last for years or be over by Christmas? Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 will last for years or be over by Christmas? Pete. Wait for the 1914-2014 footballs. You heard it here first. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 I rather fancy the Wing Commanders 'tache advertised on the same page but I think Broomers has already bought one. Nonsense. I grow them for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin spof Posted 28 July , 2014 Admin Share Posted 28 July , 2014 Actually, that mug looks like just the thing for storing the VC and 3 Bars I bought for £20 in a pub recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph0ebus Posted 29 July , 2014 Share Posted 29 July , 2014 Should I patent the World War Onesie? Mike Maybe you'll earn yerself a baby grand! Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hone Posted 29 July , 2014 Share Posted 29 July , 2014 There are various commemorative beers being brewed in Belgium for the Centenary, including one called 'Wipers Times' which I hadn't spotted previously. The accompanying blurb for some of them is in questionable taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron da Valli Posted 29 July , 2014 Share Posted 29 July , 2014 The first review for the Kaiser Helmet has me worried. " I wore out my old helmet and needed a new one. Had lots of fun with it. I need to be careful with the spike on top. I will be using my helmet a lot." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 29 July , 2014 Share Posted 29 July , 2014 Does the beer taste questionable too? It must be said that bad taste is subjective (see kitsh) A very dear friend of mine has a tat corner which has an amazing collection of snow storms, religious tat/kitsh. fridge magnets etc. It does give the odd (very) smile from time to time, particularly when he is dining up-top business colleagues and contacts for dinner. Personally I think his hugely ugly and hugely huge Bentley convertible in far worse taste. To be honest the tat worries me less than the huge number of third rate books, television programmes and newspaper stories - and when will the hidden library of repetitive, frequently ill edited and referenced, individual diaries, personal accounts ever end. That said every time I swear never to open another one of merit turns up - but they are few and far between. The ratio of worthwhile editions of this type runs at about one in ten in my estimation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hone Posted 29 July , 2014 Share Posted 29 July , 2014 I thought that 'Wipers Times' tasted quite good. However I don't think that the 'Passchendaele' beer, whose advertising is particularly kitsch/tasteless depending on your view, isn't a patch on the old, lamented Passendale. One piece of memorabilia I do miss is the old reproduction yellow 'Not to be Scrounged' mug they used to sell at Talbot House. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbill Posted 29 July , 2014 Share Posted 29 July , 2014 Currently, a 'Mint' - not The Royal Mint - has a full page advert in one of the Radio and TV magazines promulgating a £5.00 Centenary Coin, with all the usual blurb pulling at the heartstrings - 'At the going down of the sun......' 'The ultimate sacrifice' etc. It's made from cupro-nickel, and is legal tender - only in Guernsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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