13 December 2007
As you may have seen in the news, the sale of samurai swords in the UK will be prohibited from April 2008. Our remaining stock of these swords have been reduced to around half price so grab yourself a bargain while you still can! Strictly while stocks last.
6 December 2007
In case you have nothing better to do with your time, we've put up a page showing recent window displays at our Wolverhampton shop for your viewing pleasure.
2 December 2007
It only seems like five minutes since last Christmas, but December is upon us once again! Which means many of you will be looking for Christmas gifts for people in the forces, or cadets, or just army-mad kids. So we've put together a few lists of Christmas gift ideas to offer a bit of inspiration.
25 November 2007
Customers regularly ask us if we can provide a guaranteed next day delivery service, and this is something we've unofficially provided for a while. But now it's built into the ordering system on our site. After the shopping basket page you will now be taken to a page offering various delivery options. Our standard Royal Mail service remains unchanged at £3.95, but we also offer various other guaranteed next day services for those urgent orders. Our cut-off time for these premium services is 2pm.
4 November 2007
And it's not just the Royals that are wearing our gear. We have the evidence showing plenty of celebs wearing Alpha Industries jackets!
3 November 2007
We've been telling our customers for months now of the virtues of our two new military brands, 5.11 and Blackhawk. But it seems some of the Royal Family need no convincing. Here are a few snaps of Harry sporting a 5.11 cap and Wills with his Blackhawk Omega Drop Leg and ESS Advancers. Click the images to enlarge.
1 October 2007
As of today, the Violent Crime Reduction Act prohibits the sale of realistic looking BB guns by mail order. Face-to-face sales can still take place if, among other things, a firearms licence is held by the retailer. As airsoft guns are a very small part of our overall sales, we have taken the decision to remove from sale all our BB guns from both this website and in our shop. We do still sell pellets and ammunition for airsoft.
30 September 2007
We're pleased to announce the addition of 2 new brands to our range - Blackhawk! and 5.11. These are both American companies and have built solid reputations for quality kit for the military and law enforcement professionals.
12 July 2007
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We're always happy to receive photos of our customers wearing our gear - especially when they look as lovely as this! Karen Tran recently had her hen night as an army theme, and here is the Hen and her friends wearing our General Service Shirts and US Fatigue Style Caps. <<< Click the image to enlarge |
27 June 2007
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A rare snap of Chris, our camera-shy postie, collecting another batch of parcels from us. |
25 June 2007
Well we've spent this afternoon doing a stock take of all our parade shoes. And we've taken the opportunity to revise our prices too. So now you can get yourself a pair of male or female parade shoes from an incredible £12.95. This makes us just about the cheapest source for parade shoes on the net, and we'll keep them at this price for as long as we possibly can.
19 June 2007
The good news is that we've had our long-awaited delivery of vintage shorts and three-quarters. The bad news is that we had so many pre-orders, that some of the sizes are now alreadys sold out. But we will be getting an even bigger delivery in around 1 weeks time so you can still place orders now even if your size/colour is out of stock and we will despatch it to you as soon as it comes in. Thanks for your patience!
15 June 2007
We have at long last had a delivery of the new genuine issue female parade shoes, but only in sizes 5, 6 and 7. The remaining sizes should follow by the end of the month, but all outstanding orders for these sizes will be despatched immediately.
14 June 2007
We are now extremely low on stock of vintage shorts and 3/4 length trousers, but a large delivery is due to us on Monday. So you can still continue to place orders for these and there will only be a couple of days delay.
5 June 2007
If you're looking for something to do this summer, then the Territorial Army is offering a one-month training programme at Whittington Barracks, Lichfield. You get to do some pretty cool things including shooting, canoeing, rock climbing, orienteering - and at the end you get passed out as a soldier. Plus, you can earn up to £1,387! For more info visit the Midlands Challenge website.
2 June 2007
Not many army stores have tanks rolling past their front door - but we do when Wolverhampton's annual Steam and Vintage Rally takes place. See the photos of today's rally as they pass through Wolverhampton city centre.
20 May 2007
We have now published the first of what will hopefully be many interesting articles. So far we have articles on camouflage patterns, a step-by-step guide to bulling boots, and a review of the Web-tex SAS Smock. If you have anything to add to any of these articles or have suggestions for future articles then please let us know.
1 May 2007
Now that the warm weather is well and truly with us, we've launched several new summer lines on the site. Check out our expanded range of combat shorts which are now even cheaper than last year's price at just £9.95. We have a trendy new range of vintage trousers, shorts and 3/4 length trousers (so you can stop pestering us for the three quarters now!). We have also just taken delivery of some cool camouflage thongs and boxer shorts!
30 April 2007
We are now nearly sold out of the US Cold Weather Mask. The demand for this item has been extremely high. We're not sure why you're all so keen to get your mitts on these. Please don't tell us.
23 April 2007
We've had some great WW2 reproduction gear come in today. The US M42 paratrooper outfit look very authentic and are fantastic quality. So if you're a WW2 re-enactor or go to those Forties nights which are becoming more and more popular, then take a look. We have limited sizes at the moment but more are due in soon.
22 March 2007
The US Marine Corps Ripstop Caps are now back in stock. These proved to be extremely popular before and we sold out of our entire stock within a few days!
21 March 2007
This is the start of the Mean and Green Blog. It's where we shall put any items of news, some thoughts on our products, experiences, jokes - anything we feel the need to share with you!
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