Did anyone get a roundabout calendar?
Did anyone get a roundabout calendar?
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Ace-T

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276 months

Friday 26th December 2003
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For Christmas? Well someone must have done, they sold loads of these things!

Ace-T

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Roundabout calendar is gift hit

A range of calendars that feature the roundabouts of English towns has proved a popular stocking filler this Christmas. The calendars depict traffic islands from Bolton, Croydon, Grimsby and Cleethorpes, Milton Keynes, Redditch, Slough and Swindon. They were devised by Kevin Beresford, who runs BB Print Digital, based in Redditch, Worcestershire.

Mr Beresford said that calendars, which have featured on Graham Norton's TV chat show, have been a big hit with people looking for a Christmas gift with a difference.

He said Croydon was the runaway success this year, accounting for about 70% of the 5,000 calendars already sold. "The irony is, there aren't many roundabouts in Croydon, which is why we called the calendar Rare Roundabouts of Croydon."


One calendar depicts a roundabout from BBC comedy The Office. Mr Beresford's first roundabout calendar was published last year and featured the traffic islands of Redditch.

It was originally intended as a joke, but the publicity the idea received led to a surge in sales and prompted requests for BB Print to produce calendars reflecting the roundabout heritage of other British towns.

Mr Beresford said that orders have flooded in from all over the world, including the famous Universal Studios and Scotland Yard.

The seven towns featured on this year's editions were also selected for their unusual islands, such as Swindon's so-called magic roundabout - a cluster of five mini-roundabouts. The Slough calendar features Brunel Roundabout, used in the opening credits of the BBC hit comedy The Office.

Mr Beresford plans to produce calendars for about 20 other areas of Britain next year. He said: "You wouldn't believe the number of letters we've had from people asking us to do the roundabouts in their home town.

"We thought this sort of thing would only appeal to students who are into cult things, but it is a very broad church and we get orders from people of all ages looking for that gift which is just a little bit different."

Mr Beresford even plans to make the traffic islands of the Costa del Sol famous. He said: "I went on holiday there in the summer and had a bit of a recce - it drives my missus barmy."


kdd

1,189 posts

272 months

Friday 26th December 2003
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nope. got a "Love Kylie" calendar

cortinaman

3,230 posts

274 months

Friday 26th December 2003
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nope,i got mine from 'classic american' magazine.

nevpugh308

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290 months

Sunday 28th December 2003
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kdd said:
nope. got a "Love Kylie" calendar

Snap (but it's not as good as last years, IMO)

kdd

1,189 posts

272 months

Monday 29th December 2003
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nevpugh308 said:

I said:
nope. got a "Love Kylie" calendar


Snap (but it's not as good as last years, IMO)


Unfortunatly didn't see last years but a quick peek at what's in store and it looks better than the calendar I did have up last year