Personalised Arsenal Football Club Gifts

Arsenal Football Club

Arsenal Football Club, the ‘Gunners’ were founded in 1886, 128 years ago.  Originally the great North London team were actually based in South London. The team was formed by some of the Royal Arsenal workers in Woolwich, hence the name ‘Gunners’.  These workers named the side Dial Square.  Seven years later the team became a limited company and changed their name to Woolwich Arsenal.

In 1904 the team were promoted to the First Division.  However, low crowd attendance (largely due to the location and isolated area) caused the club to have financial troubles and by 1910 they were near bankrupt.  At this time two local businessmen bought the company, Henry Norris and William Hall.  The new owners saw the problem of the team’s location and shrewdly moved the side north of the river to Highbury and dropped the ‘Woolwich’ from the side name.  Arsenal was here and in their new Arsenal stadium.

After finishing just 5^th in the Second Division Arsenal were still promoted at the expense of another local team, Tottenham Hotspurs. The manner of this promotion is reportedly dubious and today the two teams’ great rivalry continues strong.

Arsenal is the only team to have completed a Premier league season unbeaten across 38 matches, achieved in the 2003/04 season. The have the longest unbeaten run in total at 49 games.  This great side have claimed 13 League Championships, 10 F.A. Cups and 3 League & F.A. cup doubles.

There is a lot to be proud of if you are an Arsenal fan. So show off your team with some of our great personalised gifts, treat yourself to an Arsenal Pen engraved for free with your name on. Or a nice set of Arsenal cufflinks, a personalised Arsenal mug, even a personalised Arsenal iPhone case, or a great Arsenalpersonalised book.  We have lots of gift ideas for Arsenal Fans that they will love, treat a friend of loved one to one of this quality branded gifts. Everything can be given that ‘personal touch’ to make it unique and it will be cherished by the football crazy Arsenal Fan!

The Wonderful World of Calendars

 The Wonderful World of Calendars

Choose to suit you

 Many civilizations and societies have devised a calendar suited to their particular needs. So why not take their lead and personalise one for your own needs?  In the mean time let's learn a little bit more about the every day device we take for granted.

The English word calendar is derived from the Latin word kalendae, which was the Latin name of the first day of every month.

A full calendar system has a different calendar date for every day. Thus the week cycle is by itself not a full calendar system; neither is a system to name the days within a year without a system for identifying the years.

The simplest calendar system just counts time periods from a reference date. This applies for the Julian day or Unix Time. Virtually the only possible variation is using a different reference date, in particular one less distant in the past to make the numbers smaller. Computations in these systems are just a matter of addition and subtraction.

The week cycle is an example of one that is not synchronized to any external phenomenon (although it may have been derived from lunar phases, beginning anew every month).

Very commonly a calendar includes more than one type of cycle, or has both cyclic and acyclic elements.

Many calendars incorporate simpler calendars as elements. For example, the rules of the Hebrew calendar depend on the seven-day week cycle (a very simple calendar), so the week is one of the cycles of the Hebrew calendar. It is also common to operate two calendars simultaneously, usually providing unrelated cycles, and the result may also be considered a more complex calendar. For example, the Gregorian calendar has no inherent dependence on the seven-day week, but in Western society the two are used together, and calendar tools indicate both the Gregorian date and the day of week.

The Gregorian calendar, which is the de facto international standard, and is used almost everywhere in the world for civil purposes. Due to the Gregorian calendar's obvious connotations of Western Christianity, non-Christians and even some Christians sometimes replace the traditional era notations "AD" and "BC" ("Anno Domini" and "Before Christ") with "CE" and "BCE" ("Common Era" and "Before Common Era"). Even where there is a commonly used calendar such as the Gregorian calendar, alternate calendars may also be used, such as a fiscal calendar or the astronomical year numbering system

Calendars are also used to help people manage their personal schedules, time and activities, particularly when individuals have numerous work, school, and family commitments. People frequently use multiple systems, and may keep both a business and family calendar to help prevent them from over committing their time. So get yours today have a look here

Maybe something like this?

Passing Your Driving Test

Passing Your Driving Test

A Great Way to Congratulate 

We all remember our driving test, the nerves and the anticipation, but was your's as bizarre as Emma French's. 

The mum-to-be made an emergency stop minutes after passing her driving test – screeching to a halt outside a hospital before hurrying inside to give birth.

Emma had actually gone into labour as she was taking the test but did not tell the examiner! 

However despite the pain, she passed and then drove herself to hospital to have her first baby. 

Emma was not due for another month but had woken at 4am to find her waters had broken.

Yet when the baby did not arrive, she decided to sit the 8.40am test despite pleas from her family.

She said: “Everyone was telling me to go to the hospital but I had waited so long for my driving test, I was determined to do it.

“I didn’t dare tell the examiner I was in labour in case he made me cancel the test. The nurses in the hospital were very confused because I was getting congratulations cards for both my baby and my driving test. When I told them, they were all in shock. They couldn’t believe it.”

“When I am determined to do something I don’t stop until it’s done and it’s the same with this. It was really scary and everyone must think I’m crazy but it ended the way I had hoped.”

And despite offers of a lift after she called at her grandparents’ house to break the news about passing her test and being in labour, Emma was keen to make use of her new licence and drove herself to the maternity ward.

Her labour lasted another six hours and baby Eva MacFarlane was born at 7.30pm on August 30.

Proud new mum Emma added: “I am loving being a mother. It’s the best job in the world.

“I can’t wait to tell Eva this story when she’s older and it’s definitely one for the grandchildren.

“And one good thing about being in labour that day – it really killed my pre-test nerves.”


Well That's one way to ease the nerves!! 

Treasured Memories

Treasured Memories

We all have treasured memories we'd like to share with loved ones and remind ourselves of times gone by. 

Sometimes a song or poem brings back a memory of someone special or a special time in our lives. 

It's part of what makes us who we are. 

One way to physically store those memories  is in a beautiful personalised photo album. 

We've got a wide range of albums that could help you do just that, why not have a look?

Treasured memories of the past

Treasured memories of the past

Warmest kisses slow not fast

Smothered hugs no words to find

Showing love and never blind

Silent tears and pleading eyes

Touching hands to feel alright

Treasured memories of the past

Side by side right through the night 

Bradley Lester

First Holy Communion

First Communion is traditionally an important religious ceremony for Roman Catholic families and is a chance to get together and give gifts. The social mission of First Communion is a rite of passage usually for children at the aged seven to ten eventually leading to their confirmation. It's a big day for the child as they get to feel all grown up and for the parents too!
Seeing your child all dressed up smartly is a special occasion and one that deserves to treasured for ever. The best way to treasure the day is with some personalised gifts, so why not check out our range of gifts?

Man's Best Friend

Man's Best Friend

We're a Nation of dog lovers, but did you know that studies show that a lovingly handled dog is a healthier dog? 

The touch of the human hand improves the functions of virtually all the sustaining systems: respiratory, circulatory, digestive and so on. In new born puppies. A frequently petted puppy is not only healthier and happier, but also better behaved. Dogs like humans, find solace in touching another living being, which is another reason why they get along so well together! 

So what other fascinating facts are there about our canine friends?

A dog can run up to  nineteen miles per hour when running at full speed., but the members of the greyhound family are the fastest, they can run up to 42 miles per hour.

Small dogs live the longest. Toy breeds live up to 16 years or more. Larger dogs average is
7 - 12 years. Veterinary medicine have extended  this estimate by about three years. However, some breeds, such as Tibetan terrier live as long as twenty years.

A dog's nose works 1 million times more efficiently than the human nose. Some dogs have better noses than others.  Some dogs have the ability to sniff out suitcases filled with drugs.

Did you know the average dog has 42 permanent teeth in his mouth

A dog's hearing is much greater than a humans, especially for high-pitched should. Dogs can hears sounds that are ultrasonic.  If a dog suddenly pricks up its ears and becomes alert for no apparent reason, he might have detected bat or rodent sounds that are not heard by us!

Eighty percent of dog owners buy their dog a present for holidays and birthdays. More than half of them sign letters and cards from themselves and their pets. So why not get your dog a lovely Personalised Bowl?