tie one hundred and sixty four

Friday 29th November 2013

The evil teddy bear returns!
It looks so innocent but ...... 
With red flashing eyes and a demented Christmas tune the evil teddy bear tie makes its annual appearance. 
Always a favourite....

close up

evil eyes

tie one hundred and sixty three

Thursday 28th November 2013

Advent calendars at the ready ... 
the count down to Christmas is nearly here ...

close up

tie one hundred and sixty two

Wednesday 27th November 2013

Snowman with flashing red eyes..............

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tie one hundred and sixty one

Tuesday 26th November 2013

Never sure what this tie is supposed to depict.....
it seems to be a dog Santa Claus surrounded by a tree and hanging decorations 
... and it plays Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 
when you press a concealed button

tie one hundred and sixty

Monday 25th November 2013

In the immortal words of Noddy Holder.... 
'are you hanging up you socking on the wall...'
(yes it is a bit early)

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tie one hundred and fifty nine

Friday 22nd November 2013

Bubbles ........ in abundance

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tie one hundred and fifty eight

Thursday 21st November 2013

Father Christmas heading for the roof tops....
this tie once played a tune while Santa's eyes flashed .... 
but sadly the mechanism no longer operates 

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tie one hundred and fifty seven

Wednesday 20th November 2013

I really like this one .... probably one of the first Christmas ties I collected ...
there must be a story in the picture ........ just make one up

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label

tie one hundred and fifty six

Tuesday 19th November 2013

Santa arrives by balloon .... 
unfortunately his light-up nose ceased to work a couple of years ago

close up

tie one hundred and fifty five

Monday 18th November 2013

The Christmas collection starts today...... this one is by Florence + Fred

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tie one hundred and forty four

Friday 15th November 2013

I appear to have a disproportionate number of red ties!

tie one hundred and fifty three

Thursday 14th November 2013

Yeeeeee HA! .......... a super cowboy tie .... head 'em up - move 'em out

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tie one hundred and fifty two

Wednesday 13th November 2013

Roll over Beethoven ..............

..... don't know if the music in the background is actually by Beethoven

tie one hundred and fifty one

Tuesday 12th November 2013

A very sensible sort of tie ...... pure silk from Thailand  

tie one hundred and fifty

Monday 11th November 2013

A shiny red and black striped number (not the same one as 13th May)

tie one hundred and forty nine

Friday 8th November 2013

A brilliant celluloid tie from 'Lights Camera Action!'

The stills are taken from classic Laurel & Hardy movies including 'Sons Of The Desert' (one of my personal favourites - it included a classic rendition of 'Honolulu Baby' on ukulele) - see below ....

the tie

made by 

Everybody has their own favourite film or line

My favourite line ever (even better than 'hard boiled eggs and nuts!') is:

excuse me .... 'my ear is full of milk'

tie one hundred and forty eight

Thursday 7th November 2013

A thin striped pink and grey number ... just out of the wrapper today

tie one hundred and forty seven

Wednesday 6th November 2013

A Mr Man tie ............... Mr Perfect!

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tie one hunderd and forty six

Tuesday 5th November 2013

The duck has a bit of bother on the fairway!

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tie one hundred and forty five

Monday 4th November 2013

A tie of ties!

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tie one hundred and forty four

Friday 1st November 2013

A crossword tie ........

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