What on earth do you buy???????
 

Obviously some of you know I'm off to England to see my new grandson <insert awww / coos / nauseating stream of pictures that look exactly the same ;) > however, I will obviously be wanting to bring some souvenir gifty type things for Canadian family members (8 kids of varying ages and 4 adult couples) but what???? :blink:

When people visit Canada they bring home trinkets with moose or bear / mountie pics / maple leaf summat or other, but what would you class as being typically British without stooping to the "bear in a bearskin" type thing :confused:

Bare in mind this is a rural redneck family so a historical scroll of the kings and queens of England since the dawn of time probably won't go down too well - nor do I have enough duty free allowance to bring back what I'd like to.

Any suggestions would seriously be greatly appreciated :o

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Onesies! You can go Canadian designs if you want. My sister love the matching ones i got for her family.......

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Thats a great idea :)

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You can buy those here... so not typically a British Souvenir?

Policeman helmets; red phone box / london bus money boxes; Teddy Bear with England t.shirt; Keep calm, carry on mugs; Union Jack t.pot;
Page 3 calendar; London/UK sweatshirt or rugby shirt; Union Jack socks; Union Jack toque; Beatles/Rolling Stones t.shirts - or if they watch footy, how about a team shirt or scarf?

:)

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PG Tips, Bisto Best, Mcvities Chocolate Digestives, Robinsons...

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a copy of the Sun, Mirror, Daily Mail, Coronation street calendar, a tea cosy with the royal family on it, a set of thimbles :)

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I think I know who to contact now for my Christmas shopping ideas!:)

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Yes, My policeman helmets always went down well with kids. Biscuits in Red Phone box tins, also ladies always liked "typical" Bitish smellies like Some of the nicer lavender companies make. I bought Hard Rock Cafe London sweatshirts for a couple of older kids, who I suspected would like the 'name' - they did.
Have a great end to your hols:thumbup:

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Dictionaries and thesauri?

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Loads of British sweeties for the kids
Posh biscuits, preserves and cheeses for the adults.

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Dairy Milk. (different recipe to Canada) Cadburys that is.

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Curious as to why you underlined the calendar. Are you Miss July or something? ;)

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Dairy is bad for you....just saying :D

Switch to Almond Milk

Awwwwww...that is soooooo cute, grand ma you :-) I can't believe nobody mentioned a bowl of Ruby, jammy dodgers, Irn Bru, scotch eggs Lucozade/Ribena yet?

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Lol, I wish!

I've bought these for a couple of people here, they were immensely popular (no idea why ;) ) and have been kept even though they expired over 10 years ago - so an ongoing gift!

:p

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I remember Costco in the UK had some sets of tea varieties (like a tea selection box) which seemed to be quite liked when we brought them back as gifts. They also had good sets of unusual UK branded sweets.