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Wine back to top
Bordeaux Direct do all sorts of mail order wine packages from bottles of
champagne to mixed crates. (They actually supply The Sunday Times Wine Club.)
Tel 01734 481711
Champagne Special offer you a bottle of Moet or Bollinger with your personalised
message engraved on it, they can keep it on the mantle piece as a momento
of that magic moment... Good for a work gift/award as well.
Tel 0181 684 2852
What's in a Name offer wines and champagne with personalised labels
Tel 01732 743501
3D Wines organise it for you to rent a row of vines at a top French vinyard
Tel 01205 820745
YoursTruly offer a specialist champagne gift service
Tel 0800 371 353
Adelphi Distillery, malt whiskey (yes I know it's not wine) by mail order
Tel 0131 226 6670
Speciality Ales, beers from around the world, by mail order
Tel 0800 801625
Chocolates back to top
Cavendish Chocolates have a brilliant selection of beautiful boxed chocolates
by mail order (there's even a chocolate and champagne selection).
Tel 01844 201660
Gauithier specialise in Belgian chocolates by post
Tel 01263 722377
Godiva Chocolates, have a mail order catalogue
Tel 0171 495 2845
The Chocolate Club, you don't have to be a member (10,000 people are!),
world-wide selection
Tel 0171 267 5375
Tuck Box do a selection of fine mail order chocolates as well.
Tel 0171 720 1476
International Star Registry enable you to name a star in the sky
after your loved one. They also make a very touching and poignant memorial
of teh dead. It's a proper bona fide service. The certificate looks great
and you can have it "sealed" on a date to match a birth date,
anniversary etc Tel 0171 226 6886
Historic Estates let you buy a tiny part of a historic royal estate
with a superb official certificate as proof of your title. Goes down really
well with Americans, good business gift to impress your US VIP visitor Tel
01206 769499
Astrological Profiles back to top
Equinox do all sorts of astrological character profiles and will tell you
your compatibility with your partner, as well as child profiles Tel 0171
497 1001
Suzie Sharpe prepares personalised and beautifully hand drawn astrological
charts Tel 01829 270 673
Personalised Poems, send a description of your loved one and they'll
write you a short poem about them Tel 0151 2567355
Genuine Newspapers from previous dates, eg birthdates or wedding
days
Remember When Tel 0181 6886323
Bygone News Tel 01934 412844
Albion Exchange Tel 01705 864245
Yesterdays News Tel 01492 531195
Comics By Post Tel 01909 569428 do Dandy & Beano 1940's - 1980's
Personalised Cartoons/Caricatures from your photos back
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Stew's Cartoons Tel 01633 87768
Cartooncraft Tel 01865 511567
Lyn Worthington Tel 01327 359213
Aerial Banners from Sky Ads, Netherthorpe Airfield. Available
7 days a week, anywhere in the UK. Tel 01909 482981/472780
Aerial Photography from Hawkeye, Watford. An aerial photo of a house
makes a memorable & lasting gift Tel 01923 270731
Clocks back to top
Corneal Clocks & Watches catalogue features very accurate radio controlled
timepieces Tel 0113 293 7437
Barometer Shop supplies clocks & barometers by mail order Tel 01568
610200
Fair Horizons have a range of miniture clocks Tel 01392 861309
Marval Products produce novalty wall clocks Tel 01277 821904
Sewills have a range of quality traditional clocks Tel 0151 708 0099
Dial-A-Bear some kind of mail order operation for all your cuddly
toy needs.
Tel 01925 232060
Maps & Guides back to top
National Map Centre have almost every map you could want, London Tel 0171
222 4945
Pedometers Intl. Ltd have an extensive mail order range of pedometers, map
measurers, compasses & altimeters Tel 01327 706030
USA State Guide Service, specialize in the US Tel 01326 319514
Out of Print Books (actually this can take a little while but
a "lost" book can make a great present) Tel 0181 642 6051
Mayhew Books Tel 01263 731305
Flowers back to top
Cornish Blooms, Camborne, have mail order service
Tel 01209 831704
Elizabeth Reid, York
Tel 01904 636626
Flying Flowers, Jersey, offer fresh carnations in various value packages.
Tel 01534 865665
First Class Flowers, Evesham, have mail order service
Tel 0500 829183
Groom Brothers, Spalding do a daffodil by post service
Tel 01775 722421
Interflora, you've probably heard of this lot, they deliver flowers nation-wide,
and can even do a different seasonal bouquet each month, if you've been
really bad!
Tel 01529 304141 / 0500 434343 (24 hrs)
Rainbow Flowers, Gurnsey
Tel 01481 723513
Scent Direct
Tel 01798 812340
Posies by Post, have mail order posie service
Tel 0131 660 5080
Seeds & Plants back to top
Chiltern Seeds, Cumbria, for seeds
Tel 01229 581137
Copper Horse Farm Nurseries, Preston, catalogue of hedging
Tel 01280 848592
DT Brown, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancs, for seeds
Tel 01253 882371
Deacons Nursery, IOW, fruit tree specialists
Tel 01253 882371
Robinsons, Preston, vegtable seed specialists
Tel 01524 791210
Thompson & Morgan, Ipswitch, for seeds
Tel 01473 601090
Soft Traffic, do mail order cushions in the shape of all your favorite
classic cars, as well as special commissions of your vehicle and it's registration
number
Tel 0181 969 5319
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