SHANDY!!! (lemonade beer in cans) so yummy on a hot summer day.

Please be more original than wearing common "Thomas Pink " shirts. Try "New and Lingwood", "turnbul and asser", etc. You are so American - not intended to be complementary!

How funny. When I opened this thread I was thinking of my "mind the gap" t-shirt!

oh no please everyone don't go to a Rat and Parrot - they are a chain of tacky pubs - not authentic, historic or atmospheric at all.

where do u buy this "mind the gap" shirt? any store or a store in the underground area? Thnks!!!!!

You can get them at Harrod's.

Yeah, I am now curious. This shirt sounds funny. Where does one find it?

obvious but...<BR>Hard Rock Cafe T-shirt with London on (it was the original)<BR><BR>Sticky Fingers T-shirt from restaurant of that name (Kensington) run by Rolling Stone Bill Wyman.<BR><BR>Any Royal memorabillia (Kensington Palace)<BR><BR>Fudge, shortbread, Everton Mints, Acid Drops, Lemon Sherbert Drops, Dundee Cake, clotted cream toffees, jams, teas, marmalade, marmite, chocolate.<BR><BR>Shetland jumpers, Arran jumpers, plaid anything.<BR><BR>Clarks shoes, Liberty headscarves, Burberry umbrella, cashmere,Janet Reger lingerie.

Will the Clark's shoes be cheaper in London than US?

How about something that is honoring Liz's 50 years this summer-read collectible? Tacky but definitely not something that you can not find in the states?

Mind the gap t-shirts you can get at the London Transport Museum, Covent Garden. Here you can also get other Tube t-shirts, saying things like "Angel" (as in the Tube station), as well as the old underground advertising posters.<BR><BR>Top Shop on Oxford Street - go to the bottom floor and they t-shirts with London area names on them. Sounds naff, but they're actually quite cool, for instance "Holloway" (which is an area but also a famous women's prison) and "Norf London" (spelt to mirror a Londoner's pronunciation of "North").

June, greg will look lovely in some Janet Reger lingerie

what about rugby shirsts eg london irish, wasps, saracens etc. Or football shirts. Only tottenham ones are fit to be seen in though.

Yeah, the RAT & PARROT is about as English as BENNIGAN'S here in the States is Irish. It's just a big faceless chain designed for yuppies who want to drink their Coors and Bud. Don't bother, there are real pubs out there who can use your business.

Don't listen to David's propoganda on Tottenham shirts, I've seen it here before. Everyone knows the only decent shirt to be seen in is a Villa shirt, although that may involve a side trip to Birmingham, which is perhaps not recommended.

Good point about football shirts. As it's the World Cup in May/June, perhaps a shirt of the victors (England, naturally. well I can dream....)

I'm not one for tchotchkes but I couldn't resist buying a couple of dies (as in singular of dice) I saw in London a few years ago. They were cheap, took up very little space and good for a laugh. I gave them to all my friends. I'm guessing the die functions as a Magic 8 Ball when you roll it asking how one should spend the night in London... the sides said: read, sex, TV, pub, love, disco. The die sits in my office and gets lots of play from visitors. I think this was the only thing I bought in London to take home with me.

Definitely LUSH !! Bath bombs, soaps, massage bars , everything!!<BR>Shrewsbury biscuits from Fortnum & Mason, anything from Penhaligon, Pitkin guides from everywhere you visit, and POSTCARDS!! Liberty scarves (they had some very fun hats, too) are nice. My favorite thing I brought home is a couple of reproductions of the Lewis Chess set from the British Museum.