MartH Posted 29 July , 2014 Share Posted 29 July , 2014 Is any one doing a tank teapot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 29 July , 2014 Share Posted 29 July , 2014 I have one somewhere. I will go look for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron da Valli Posted 29 July , 2014 Share Posted 29 July , 2014 How about a tank top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 29 July , 2014 Share Posted 29 July , 2014 Is any one doing a tank teapot? Click " How about a tank top? " Good one Ron Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem49 Posted 29 July , 2014 Share Posted 29 July , 2014 I have had some good sales for my genuine WW1 Bivvy bags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 29 July , 2014 Share Posted 29 July , 2014 Click " How about a tank top? " Good one Ron Mike Thanks, I was trying to get one to use for tea, and call it Deborah..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffsyeoman Posted 30 July , 2014 Share Posted 30 July , 2014 We used to have in the corner of the office what we called "the tatteria" for the most tacky souvenir that could be brought back from overseas business trips. It was generally accepted that the squeaky vinyl dog toy of a bust of Ghandhi was tops, but I preferred the statue of Mao which when you pressed a button his eyes flashed and it played "The East is Red". Delicacy prevents a description of the "Arizona Turd Burd" (sic). Quite tasteful by comparison with some of the centenary tat we are being emotionally blackmailed with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hone Posted 30 July , 2014 Share Posted 30 July , 2014 We had a similar competition connected with the annual school French trips organised by a friend of mine. Unfortunately it had to be abandoned after he purchased a St. Bernadette of Lourdes snow-globe. Nothing could top that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph0ebus Posted 31 July , 2014 Share Posted 31 July , 2014 Click " How about a tank top? " Good one Ron Mike Voila: -Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 31 July , 2014 Share Posted 31 July , 2014 Excellent Daniel, and you made a top class job of airbrushing yourself out. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph0ebus Posted 31 July , 2014 Share Posted 31 July , 2014 Excellent Daniel, and you made a top class job of airbrushing yourself out. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 31 July , 2014 Share Posted 31 July , 2014 The Waitrose 'Weekend' Magazine dated 24th July 2014, which is a customer 'freebie', contained a six page tribute 'Remembering World War One'. With contributions from Michael Morpurgo and Max Hastings, all very well done. There was a sidebar section 'breaking the silence', all the quotes in this were lazily lifted straight from 'Catastrophe' by Sir Max. Surely there are any number of stories to be gleaned from the history of the people that served in the conflict, from the parent company of John Lewis. An opportunity lost in my opinion. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 31 July , 2014 Share Posted 31 July , 2014 We had a similar competition connected with the annual school French trips organised by a friend of mine. Unfortunately it had to be abandoned after he purchased a St. Bernadette of Lourdes snow-globe. Nothing could top that. Presumably the vendor had a vision of wealth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 4 August , 2014 Share Posted 4 August , 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 Hilarious... do they come according to the places you intent to visit??? I'm afraid we're in for a lot of this stuff over the next years. Don't get me wrong, but there is a way our communities will have to pay for all the centenary commemorations ... why not with souvenirs??? M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgranger Posted 4 August , 2014 Share Posted 4 August , 2014 Joking aside, there was a lot of what you might call tat sold during the war itself. Tank-shaped teapots and hand bags, for example. Plus ca change. There seems to have always been an appetite for tat, sorry, kitsch, sorry, tastefully designed souvenir remembrances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 4 August , 2014 Share Posted 4 August , 2014 How about a tank top? To be worn with Very flares, and observation platform shoes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 4 August , 2014 Share Posted 4 August , 2014 To be worn with Very flares, and observation platform shoes ? Verey good. Perhaps with a Tank-Crew cut and a Trench coat? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 4 August , 2014 Share Posted 4 August , 2014 Dulux make a paint called 'Trench Coat'. It's a pale cream colour. I've used it on my garden shed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 4 August , 2014 Share Posted 4 August , 2014 Two photographs of Lieutenant (later Major) Alfred Roy Clare Smith of the Coldstream Guards for £330? "Low 'Buy it Now' price, but sensible offers will be considered," says the vendor. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rose of picardy Posted 6 August , 2014 Share Posted 6 August , 2014 Are any of you planning on buying one of the poppies from the Tower installation? The price plus postage is a bit steep for me across the sea, but I can imagine it on my bookcase easily! If I lived there, I would be mightily tempted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 6 August , 2014 Share Posted 6 August , 2014 Wasn't there a thread from a sadly deceased forum pal about a tee shirt he purchased on the Somme with a mis-spelling, 'Best We Forget'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrieduncan Posted 7 August , 2014 Share Posted 7 August , 2014 Wasn't there a thread from a sadly deceased forum pal about a tee shirt he purchased on the Somme with a mis-spelling, 'Best We Forget'? Close, it was 'Lets we Forget', but I won't mention where we got them. I still have mine somewhere; didn't have the heart to throw it away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hone Posted 10 August , 2014 Share Posted 10 August , 2014 Extensive practical research in Ieper last week has revealed that 'Wipers Times' beer is the product of a new brewery based in the casemates of the city walls. Jolly good it is too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 11 August , 2014 Share Posted 11 August , 2014 of course... Kazematten brouwerij ... http://belgium.beertourism.com/blog/new-brewery-de-kazematten-opens-ieper M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarylW Posted 11 August , 2014 Share Posted 11 August , 2014 Tapestry WW1 commemorative church kneeler kit anyone? http://churchkneelers.com/detail.php?d=457 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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