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GDMK Images Covid 19 Update May 2020

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Covid 19 Update – 24/05/2020

Please Stay Safe

Hi everyone, first things first, I hope you and your loved ones are doing ok in these testing times.
As the Covid 19 situation evolves, I want you to be aware of what we are up to and how it affects your orders.

What’s In This Update?

Heres a quick summary of where we find ourselves as May draws to a close –

  • Normal Service For Embroidered Designs
  • Interruptions to Production of Printed Products
  • Wall Art Products Temporarily Suspended
  • GDMK Images 2020 Show Season
  • New Flash Sales
  • Loco Data Panel Designs Revised and Updated
  • More Classic Military Aircraft Embroidered Designs
  • New Classic Military Vehicle Embroidered Clothing Range
  • Dambusters Lancaster Embroidered Clothing
  • Battle of Britain 80th Commemorative Clothing Range
  • 8th Stitch Creations

Normal Service Operating For Embroidered Clothing and Bags

We are continuing to run a normal service in regards to all our embroidered clothing and bags. Our blank clothing suppliers are able to run a limited service and we can access the full range of items we need. Delivery from them can vary between 5 or 6 working days when we need to order more blanks so there may be a knock-on effect to your order if we happen to be out of a particular colour/size combination.

Interruptions to Production of Printed Products

We are continuing to experience intermittent issues with our printer. Various repairs have been undertaken but we are still encountering an underlying issue that intermittently stops our production. Please be aware of this when ordering printed products, as unfortunately, there has been an occasional delay to peoples printed orders. We continue to work remotely with guidance from the manufacturer’s tech support staff in an effort to resolve the intermittent fault.

Wall Art Products Temporarily Suspended

Our supplier of Canvas Prints has temporarily stopped production whilst it implements mitigations to allow production to resume. As a result we will still take orders for Canvas Prints, but they will be held pending until such time as they reopen. We hope this wont be too long in light of the anticipated easing of Covid restrictions for non essential businesses.

2020 Show Season

There hasn’t been any updated guidance regarding ‘large gathering events’. In light of this, we are still anticipating a minimal show season, if any, in 2020. There is also an underlying health issue in the family which requires careful managing in relation to Covid 19, which adds to the considerations of resuming attendance at public events.

For the foreseeable future, we will remain online only.

This is a real shame as we have some fantastic new ranges to launch, several of which haven’t been seen before on the enthusiast circuit. We were very much looking forward to taking these new products out on the road this year!

Details of the new products will be revealed over the coming weeks and will be available online.

So What Else is New From GDMK Images?

The enforced lockdown has been challenging as I am sure it has been for you guys n gals as well.

The time has been well used by undertaking some necessary, and tedious, website maintenance.

I have spent a lot of time creating new designs and developing product ideas which will be launched over the coming weeks. There is an awful lot for all you railway, aviation and military vehicle enthusiasts to look forward to!!

In addition to this, I have taken been going over customer reviews and feedback and been refining and improving some of our designs.

** Flash Sales **

Our flash sales on Facebook, Instagram and our email newsletters have been going down a storm so keep your eyes peeled for this weeks announcement!!

The items consist of a couple of random items of stock we made up for the ‘not now happening’ show season and putting them up for grabs at knockdown prices!!

Each flash sale will include one railway and one aviation item up for grabs at a great price. Sometimes each social channel will feature different items so each sale gives you a choice of several items!

1st to claim an item gets it – simple as that!

Loco Data Panel Designs Fine Tuned

Our loco data panel designs were updated to include a larger size of 400mm x 305mm – this addition has been extremely well received with over 90% of data panel orders being for this larger size!. Most locomotive livery designs have had slight tweaks and improvements.

More classes will be added now that the most popular loco classes are available online.

I will be starting a new series of limited edition loco specific data plates. These will feature some of the unique loco colour schemes and depot special variations that have graced the railways over the years.

More Classic Military Aircraft Clothing Designs

I have been very busy designing new aircraft for the extremely popular Classic Military Aircraft clothing range.

Again, following feedback and suggestions, we have a great range of new aircraft ready to take off and join our clothing range!

Just a few of the famous aircraft added include –

Theres loads more classic military aircraft coming as well …. !!

New Dambusters Lancaster Clothing Range

With the recent anniversary of the Dambusters Raid over the weekend of 16th and 17th May, we added a new Dambusters Commemorative clothing range to remember the brave aircrew of that audacious raid.

Battle of Britain 80th Commemorative Clothing Range

With 2020 being the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain we will be releasing a commemorative embroidered clothing range featuring 4 iconic Battle of Britain aircraft. The range will see the first Luftwaffe aircraft added to any of our ranges!

8th Stitch Creations

Those who have met us on the stall will know my wife Dawn.

Having got bored with ‘too many trains and planes’, she has taken the plunge and set up her own business called 8th Stitch Creations to make things more akin to her interests.

She will still be the backbone of all our in house embroidery, so don’t panic!

8th Stitch Creations allows her creative freedom to make things close to her heart including a very exciting fundraising project for the NHS!!

She is also specialising in unique memory and keepsake products such as memory blankets and so on.

You can find 8th Stitch creations on Facebook so please check out her page and see what she gets up to!!

Thats All For Now – Stay Safe Everyone

Please stay safe everyone and we look forward to seeing you again at a show somewhere once this all blows over.

In the meantime, I will do my best to keep you entertained and supplied in railway, aviation and military vehicle goodies!!

All the best for now and stay safe!!!

Gary, Dawn and Kay

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GDMK Images – Covid 19 Latest

Covid 19 Update – 29/04/2020

Online Orders Now Being Processed Again

Hi everyone, first things first, I hope you and your loved ones are doing ok in these testing times.

As the Covid 19 situation has evolved, I just wanted you to be aware of what we are up to and how it affects your orders.
As of today, we will be resuming full online order fulfilment. All outstanding orders are being processed and will be despatched in the next 4 or 5 days.

What’s In This Update?

There is a lot going on so here is a summary of what you can learn in this update

  • GDMK Images 2020 Show Season
  • New Flash Sales
  • Loco Data Panel Designs Revised and Updated
  • More Classic Military Aircraft Embroidered Designs
  • New Classic Military Vehicle Embroidered Clothing Range
  • Lots of New Pictures Added
  • Big Editorial Stock Image Update
  • 8th Stitch Creations

2020 Show Season

With the social distancing requirements looking like they may well extend into the summer, I am not sure when we will be resuming attendance at events around the country. There is an underlying health issue in the family which requires careful managing in relation to Covid 19, which adds to the considerations of resuming attendance at public events.

For the foreseeable future, we will remain online only.

This is a real shame as we have some fantastic new ranges to launch, several of which haven’t been seen before on the enthusiast circuit. We were very much looking forward to taking these new products out on the road this year!

Details of the new products will be revealed over the coming weeks and will be available online.

So What Else is New From GDMK Images?

The enforced lockdown has been challenging as I am sure it has been for you guys n gals as well.

The time has been well used by undertaking some necessary, and tedious, website maintenance.

I have spent a lot of time creating new designs and developing product ideas which will be launched over the coming weeks. There is an awful lot for all you railway, aviation and military vehicle enthusiasts to look forward to!!

In addition to this, I have taken been going over customer reviews and feedback and been refining and improving some of our designs.

** Flash Sales **

Keep an eye out for our flash sales on Facebook, Instagram and our email newsletters.

A couple of times a week I will be grabbing some random items of stock we made up for the ‘not now happening’ show season and putting them up for grabs at knockdown prices!!

Each flash sale will include one railway and one aviation item up for grabs at a great price. Sometimes each social channel will feature different items so each sale gives you a choice of several items!

1st to claim an item gets it – simple as that!

Loco Data Panel Designs Fine Tuned

Our loco data panel designs have been updated. The first big change is that I have been guided by feedback and discontinued the square 200mm x 200mm sizes. All designs are now 290mm x 200mm with a much requested larger size of 400mm x 305mm added to the range. Most locomotive livery designs have had slight tweaks and improvements.

More classes will be added now that the most popular loco classes are available online.

I will be starting a new series of limited edition loco specific data plates. These will feature some of the unique loco colour schemes and depot special variations that have graced the railways over the years.

More Classic Military Aircraft Clothing Designs

I have been very busy designing new aircraft for the extremely popular Classic Military Aircraft clothing range.

Again, following feedback and suggestions, we have a great range of new aircraft ready to take off and join our clothing range!

Just a few of the famous aircraft coming soon include –

Theres loads more classic military aircraft coming as well …. !!

New Classic Military Vehicle Clothing Range

One of our most exciting developments for this year, was to have been the launch of our Classic Military Vehicle clothing range at Wicksteed at War in June.

Events have overtaken us, so for now, the release will be online only!

We have had a huge amount of requests for a military vehicle range of clothing. Your call has been answered and we will be launching sometime soon, a Classic Military Vehicle range starting with some classic favourites including –

  • Willys Jeep
  • GMC Deuce and a Half
  • Dodge WC-54 Ambulance
  • Sherman Tank

There will be a load more classic military vehicles added as the year progresses!

These military vehicle embroidered designs will be available on the full range of clothing as per our other embroidered designs!

New Pictures For Gift Products

One of the benefits of the lockdown has been having time to go over my photo archive and select new images to be processed. These will see the light of day on everything from wall art through to coasters, with the original intention having been a whole new library of images for this years show season.

These new images will slowly be added to the website as products over the coming weeks.

GDMK Images Editorial Portfolio Updated on Alamy

I have also done a long overdue refresh on my Alamy editorial stock portfolio.

This has involved a big review and overhaul of keywords and captions to make searching easier for image buyers.

I have also added a huge number of new images covering pretty much every genre including –

  • railways
  • aircraft and aviation themes
  • everday scenes
  • construction industry
  • night and low light scenes
  • abstract and concept themed ideas

8th Stitch Creations

Those who have met us on the stall will know my wife Dawn.

Having got bored with too many trains and planes, she has taken the plunge and set up her own business called 8th Stitch Creations to make things more akin to her interests.

She will still be the backbone of all our in house embroidery, so don’t panic!

8th Stitch Creations allows her creative freedom to make things close to her heart including a very exciting fundraising project for the NHS!!

She is also specialising in unique memory and keepsake products such as memory blankets and so on.

You can find 8th Stitch creations on Facebook so please check out her page and see what she gets up to!!

Thats All For Now – Stay Safe Everyone

There is so much more I could go on about, but I think that’s enough for now!

Please stay safe everyone and I look forward to seeing you again at a show somewhere once this all blows over.

In the meantime, I will do my best to keep you entertained and supplied in railway, aviation and military vehicle goodies!!

All the best for now and stay safe!!!

Gary, Dawn and Kay

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GDMK IMages Coronavirus Update

GDMK Images Stall at the Works Outing

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Coronavirus Update – 25/03/2020

In light of the developing Coronavirus situation, we will not be fulfilling any orders until further notice. 

We will be in touch with customers with outstanding orders to discuss the status of their orders.

The reasons for this are several –

  1. Several of our key suppliers are not supplying any blank printing materials or clothing until further notice
  2. Likewise, it seems the right thing to do by not posting orders which removes the potential of us inadvertently infecting others
  3. A member of our family has a prescribed underlying condition where 3 months of self isolation is being recommended

We are obviously disappointed, but remain realistic in an evolving situation, the like of which has not been seen in many generations.

We can still take orders, but they will remain pending until such time as our suppliers restart supplying blanks. Please bear this in mind if you place any orders.

We were extremely excited by our new range of designs, which we were looking forward to releasing at upcoming events.

Keeping things in perspective, there are more pressing matters of concern to everyone at the moment.

We will, therefore, announce the new designs online over the next few days and weeks.

In the meantime, we will endeavour to find snippets of relevant topics to keep you entertained on here as blog posts and on our social media channels.

Our very best wishes to our loyal customers, friends, societies and organisations. Heres hoping this thing settles down over the summer and we can get back to normal!

Stay safe everyone and see you again once this all blows over!!

All the best

Gary, Dawn & Kay

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GDMK Images End of Summer 2019 Update

GDMK Images End of Summer 2019 Update

Great Summer Shows

Hi everyone, heres the GDMK Images end of Summer 2019 Update. Who can believe the summer is almost over? Summer 2019 has flown by and we had the pleasure of being at some great shows including –
  • Daks Over Duxford
  • Crewe Open Day
  • Cosford Airshow
  • Flying Legends
  • DRS Carlisle Open Day
  • East Kirkby Airshow
  • Biggin Hill Airshow
  • Military Odyssey

Upcoming Autumn Events

Although the summer was a brilliant adventure, we still have some great shows to look forward to including –
  • Victory Show
  • Jetfest
  • Severn Valley Railway Steam Gala
  • Severn Valley Railway Diesel Gala
  • Mansfield Christmas Market

New Products & Designs

New Designs

Our new personalised railway gifts, especially the replica loco panels, have gone down an absolute storm as have our Classic Military Aircraft Clothing Range. Thanks for the great feedback on these products!

New Messenger Bags

Over the summer, we road tested a couple of new bags. Firstly we updated our Messenger Bags to a much more classier product. These new messenger bags are made from a canvas material and are more rugged and stylish. The bags have zipped internal and external pockets and have received great feedback from customers. Both printed and embroidered designs are available.

Canvas Rucksacks

We have been repeatedly asked for rucksacks and have finally sourced a quality rucksack. The rucksacks are similar to the new messenger bags in that they are canvas and have a metal clasp. Again they are available with printed and embroidered designs. Currently the rucksacks are only available from the stall but will be added to the online shop over the coming weeks.

Personalised Gift service

Our personalised gift service has been extrememly well received both online and at events. The backbone of this service features the Stuart Black artwork collaboration and the Loco Data Panel Signs .

Stuart Black Collaboration

The Stuart Black collaboration goes from strength to strength with many new loco types and liveries added to the collection. We now have virtually every loco type and livery available for you to personalise on any of our products. Many people have chosen to make use of the optional text boxes and record life events or family best wishes, whereas others have left them blank and just chosen the loco of their choice. They are your personalised gifts so you have total freedom on the design!

Loco Data Panel Signs

The classic loco class data panel designs have been going a storm over the summer. We now have almost every class online ready to be configured in the railway colour scheme of your choice. All that is left to add to the online store are the early electrics which will be going online very shortly We have now added the loco class data panel metal signs, coasters, mugs, phone cases and mouse mats online with wallets being added shortly. The flame cut and weathered versions have been really popular. This brings you pretty much up to date on where we are at the moment. A huge thanks to you all for your support and encouragement over the summer, its very much appreciated! Hopefully we will see some of you at the Victory Show. If we dont see you there, hopefully we will see you at another event before Christmas! Thanks for reading and all the best Gary, Dawn & Kay

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Win Tickets For The Exchanges Swanage Railway Autumn Steam Gala

LSWR T9 30120

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Win Tickets For The Exchanges Swanage Railway Autumn Steam Gala

In co-operation with our friends at the Swanage Railway, we are offering a Family Ticket for their upcoming ‘The Exchanges’ Autumn Steam Gala.

All you have to do is choose your favourite gift from our shop and share it on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with the Hashtag #BESTTRAINSTUFF

A random shared post will be selected on 8th October and the winner will be notified on how to collect their Family Ticket.

The Exchanges promises to be a great Steam Gala and is based on the 1948 Locomotive Exchange Trials

The Swanage Railway Autumn Steam Gala will bring together classes of locomotive that took part in British Railways’ experiment to test steam locomotives from across the Country on a variety of different work.

Link to Provisional Timetable

Steam Locos Attending The Exchanges Swanage Railway Autumn Steam Gala

The current loco lineup is as follows (subject to change)

  • Ex-LSWR T9 Class ‘30120’.
  • Ex-SR U Class ‘31806’.
  • Ex-SR Bulleid Battle of Britain Class ‘34072’ 257 Squadron.
  • LMS Princess Coronation Class ‘6233’ Duchess of Sutherland – courtesy of the PRCLT.
  • BR Standard 4MT ‘80078’ – courtesy of Stewart Robinson.
  • BR Standard 4MT ‘80104’

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Get Tagging #BESTTRAINSTUFF

No purchase is necessary to enter so check out GDMK Images railway gifts and share to any of your social media channels with the hashtag #BESTTRAINSTUFF and you might just be off to Swanage in a couple of weeks time!

Hopefully we’ll see you in Swanage soon![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Thanks for reading, please contact me if you have any questions !!

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Swanage Railway Steam Gala – The Works Outing

Ted chilling with the mugs at the Swanage Railway Steam Gala - The Works Outing

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Swanage Railway Steam Gala – The Works Outing

The first steam gala of 2018 for the Swanage Railway was held over the 22/23/24 March and called ‘The Works Outing’.

This year’s event was a smaller affair than last years mega ‘Bulleid fest’.  That event saw 5 Bulleid locos in operation celebrating the 50th anniversary of the last steam trains on the Southern Region.

Steam Locos

The Works Outing steam gala was a purely home fleet gala featuring

  • 31806 – SR Mogul U Class
  • 30120 – LSWR T9
  • 80104 – BR Class 4MT
  • 34053 Sir Keith Park – SR Battle of Britain Class
  • 33012/D6515 – Class 33 working trains from Norden to the River Frome boundary

Train Running

Fridays Timetable seemed to run well without any major operating issues. Saturdays running was reasonably good but the Sunday suffered some delays. Enthusiast numbers seemed down to last year but is not surprising considering the huge Bulleid event was one of the best steam shows of 2017.

Galas and events featuring a ‘home only’ fleet always struggle to pull big crowds when comparing with bigger events that pull locos in from all over the country. That doesn’t mean the event is any less enjoyable. Any event with an intensive service is generally a good crowd pleaser. The costs associated with moving locos around the network means not every event can be massive.

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New Products and Pictures

We had some more new products and pictures which were well received. The new enamel mugs and travel mugs were very popular.

Our latest Stuart Black designs were also well received. We now have a nice range of Stuart’s popular side profile drawings featuring many popular steam locos and a range of exclusively numbered diesel locos. These pictures are exclusively available on our products as we are the sole authorised supplier of these pictures on gift products.

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Au Revoir Swanage

Below is Bulleid Battle of Britian Class 34053 Sir Keith Park leaving Swanage with a flurry on the last nortbound service of the event.

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Every hard working bear deserves a treat!!

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Thanks and Back Again Soon – You Can Be Too If You Win Our Competition!

A big thanks to all the volunteers and staff who made this a thoroughly enjoyable railway gala!

We will be back to the Swanage Railway for the May Diesel Gala.

You can join us too by entering our competition to win a one day rover ticket – competition entry details will be announced later this week!

All the best

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East Lancs Railway Spring Diesel Gala 2018

Class 40 40106 at Bury on the East Lancs Railway

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East Lancs Railway Spring Diesel Gala 2018

The weekend of February 17th and 18th February was the East Lancs Railway Spring Diesel Gala 2018 and saw us make our first of several visits this year to the East Lancs Railway.

The East Lancs Railway always puts on a great show in conjunction with the East Lancs Railway Diesel Group and the other based owners and loco groups.

In all, the East Lancs Railway probably has the best ‘home fleet’ of any preserved railway in the UK.

Not many railways can boast the following locos as ‘home based’!

  • Class 14
  • Class 33
  • Class 35
  • Class 37
  • Class 40s – note the plural!
  • Class 45
  • Class 47
  • Class 50

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Pre Show Hiccups

No gala ever runs smoothly and a few locos did succumb to niggly problems before the gala started namely –

  • Class 56 56006
  • Class 47 D1842
  • Class 42 D832

At the end of the day, these complicated locos require a great deal of time and manpower combined with plenty of cash to keep running, so can be forgiven for the odd hiccup now and then – although 56006 seems to be pushing its luck. This loco is turning into a bit of a hangar queen![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Warm Welcome

We arrived nice and early and had a fantastic reception from the staff and volunteers. Its always a pleasure to bring the stall to the East Lancs Railway as everyone is so warm and friendly – rather befitting as it was somewhat wet and extremely cold!

We set up in between the Bury Valiant Group and the Class 40 Preservation Society.

There were a few new goodies – all of our clothing was on show including fleeces, hoodies, polos and beanie hats.

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Another Great East Lancs Railway Gala

By all accounts the gala went well. The train service was mostly maintained although there were a few issues here and there. Class 50 50015 Valiant had encountered a few problems on the run up to the gala but performed impeccably.

Everybody we spoke to seemed really happy with the event, so well done East Lancs!

Trade was good on the 50021 and 50026 fundraising items and the main stall so a huge thanks to everyone who came and chatted or bought something. Its all very much appreciated!

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ELR Locos in Cartoon storyboards

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Thanks and Back Again Soon!

Another big thanks to all the loco owners, volunteers and staff who jointly made this a thoroughly enjoyable – albeit absolutely freezing – railway gala!

We will be back to the East Lancs Railway on 2nd March for the 3 day East Lancs Railway Spring Steam Gala to do it all again!

If you are planning on going then make sure you drop by and say hi! If not, you can find GDMK Images at these events

All the best

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Have You Got An iPhone X Samsung S8 or iPad?

Dakota over the sea iphone x flip case

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Have you got an iPhone X Samsung S8 or iPad?

If so you are in luck!

We now have hard cases and flip cases featuring all your favourite designs for your new iPhone X, Samsung s8 or iPad Tablet.

All our pictures, artwork and designs are available to you.

All our phone cases are priced at £15 for a hard case and £20 for a flip case. Ipad hard cases are £20 and flip cases are £25.

Phone Cases

  • Mobile Phone Hard Case – £15
  • Mobile Phone Flip Case – £20

Ipad Cases

  • iPad Hard Case – £20
  • iPad Flip Case – £25

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Want To Save A Few Quid?

You can also buy your device case at discounted prices from our event stall at many railway, aviation and military history events around the country.

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Latest Competition Winner Announced

£20 Gift Voucher

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Gift Voucher Competition Winner Announced

So, a little later than advertised, we can announce that subscriber Mark Willis won our gift voucher competition. Congratualtions Mark, we will be in touch with details on how to claim your £20 gift voucher.

There were lots of entries from our email subscribers, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter followers. Thanks to everyone for entering your suggestions of new gift products you would like to see our pictures made available upon. Many of your suggestions were pretty cool and have been added or are in the process of being added. Rest assured though – we will not be supplying custom printed toilet paper!

Leading Supplier of Gifts Thanks to You!

The flexibility and efficiencies achieved by running our own dedicated production facilities, coupled with the feedback and support from our fans and customers is a key element in ensuring GDMK Images continues to be one of the leading suppliers of unique and unusual gifts dedicated to railway, aviation and military history enthusiasts – so thanks for your input![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

 New Gifts For You

We spent time looking at your suggestions and can announce the new gifts we will be supplying which are summarised below. Some of the new gifts will be available both online and at our event stall whilst some of the smaller gifts will be available only from our event stall.

Available Online and From the GDMK Images Event Stall

  • Messenger/Laptop Bags
  • Wallets and Ladies denim purses
  • more mugs
  • mug and coaster sets
  • clocks
  • more t-shirt designs
  • card holder wallets

Available from GDMK Images Event Stall Only

  • ladies pocket mirrors
  • pill boxes
  • lens cloths
  • coasters

 

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New Dedicated Production Facilities Update

Our new production facilities are now fully up and running. After a bedding in period and many hours training in the use of the new equipment, we are supplying these new gifts to buy now from the GDMK Images event stall. The new gifts will be added to buy online over the next few weeks.

With the efficiencies mentioned above, we have revised some of our prices downwards to ensure you continue to not only get the best gifts, but get them at highly competitive prices![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Subscribe For Your Chance To Win The Next Competition

Mark received automatic entry into the competition as an active subscriber. Our next competition will be a subscribers only competition so make sure you subscribe now for a chance to win a cool prize![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1496670699601{margin: 3px !important;border: 1px solid #00478c !important;border-radius: 4px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_cta h2=”Subscribe for a chance to win our next competition” txt_align=”center” add_button=”bottom” btn_title=”I’m In – Sign Me Up” btn_custom_background=”#0098da” btn_custom_text=”#fffffd” btn_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fstaging.gdmkimages.co.uk%2Fsubscribe-gdmk-images-newsletters%2F|||” custom_background=”#fffffd” custom_text=”#0098da” css=”.vc_custom_1496670464765{border: 1px solid #00478c !important;border-radius: 3px !important;}”]Active subscribers get automatic entry into all public competitions and a chance to win exclusive prizes in subscriber only competitions![/vc_cta][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Thanks for all your feedback and suggestions, it helps us to be one of the leading unique wall art and gift suppliers in the railway, aviation and military history market.

Leave your thoughts and comments below and congrats again to Mark!

All the best for now
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GDMK Images Supporting 50021 and 50026

50026 Harmans Cross

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GDMK Images Supporting 50021 and 50026

GDMK Images is now supporting the restoration of English Electric Class 50 50021. You will find exclusive gifts featuring both Class 50s 50021 and 50026 on our stall at railway events around the country starting with the epic looking Dawn of the Diesels gala at the Swanage Railway.

Money raised from the sale of these 50021 and 50026 gifts will go towards the restoration of 50021 and the upkeep of 50026.

Exclusive Class 50 Gifts

Our stall will start featuring exclusive gifts of both Class 50 locos such as mugs, phone cases, magnets and key rings at the Dawn of the Diesels event. Over the year this will expand to include the full range of new GDMK Images gift products including exclusive wall art, pictures and t-shirts.

As the year progresses you will be able to buy an exclusive range of 50021 and 50026 gifts online.

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Auctions

Make sure you drop by the stall and check out the 50021 and 50026 gifts because there you will find out about the exciting range of auctions. These auctions will allow you to bid on exclusive prizes such as Class 50 cab rides and driver experience days!

Many thanks to Paul Spracklen and the fantastic support team working on 50021 and 50026 for the opportunity to be involved!

Cheers for now and see you at Swanage!

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