Wimbledon Tennis - discount when it rain stops play

Wimbledon Special

Shhhh – Don’t tell the boss – we girls have decided to run a promotion for Wimbledon.

We have been thinking of promotions for the tennis for a while now, trying to think of things associated with Wimbledon…Strawberries and Cream, Pimms, the childish snigger when the call of “new balls please” is heard, Cliff Richard entertaining the crowd during a halt in play due to the rain…

We finally decided to offer our followers a 20% discount on our ENTIRE RANGE of umbrellas whenever rain stopped play at the famous All England Club.

For the entire Wimbledon fortnight we will post a new promotional code on this blog to allow our followers a chance to save whenever the covers are used at SW19.

Picture: Hunter Balmoral Umbrella in similar Wimbledon colours of green and purple

Keep coming back each day during the Wimbledon fortnight to learn the new code and don’t let the rain put a dampener on things!!

We hope you all take full advantage of this offer during those rainy sessions…if not the boss tends to find it funny to sing to us “A la Cliff”….and anyone who knows her will testify she has a voice flatter than Murray’s washboard stomach!!!

Code for Saturday 19th June 2013 is.......Forehand
Code for Friday 18th June 2013 is......."Smash"
Code for Thursday 17th June 2013 is......."Backhand"
Code for Wednesday 16th June 2013 is......."Federer"
Code for Tuesday 25th June 2013 is........ "Strawberries"

Code for Monday 24th June 2013 is........  "SW19"

Checkout the website at: www.TheUmbrellaShop.co.uk

Brollies, Breeches and Balls.

Brollies, Breeches and Balls.

So we’ve finally hit the summer solstice…not that many people would have noticed with the recent weather sadly.  Even those in the umbrella trade are hoping for at least some sunshine this year.

One of the guys from the office took some time out to head to Royal Ascot this week and, being a gambling man, decided to leave his brolly at home…he got lucky with the weather but not the horses apparently.  We girls were of course more interested in the fashions than the racing and soon found ourselves pouring over the pictures looking for fashion mistakes…amazing how many people look wonderful in their finery…then let themselves down with a clashing brolly!!  It seems such a shame to let the elements get to all your finery.

One person who always looked wonderful at Royal Ascot was Her Majesty The Queen.  Her love of horse racing is very well documented but the pictures showed her wonderful, unreserved joy as Estimate won the Ascot Gold Cup.  Just one more race on Her Majesty’s wish list now….the Epsom Derby.  Good luck Ma’am.

No sooner has the social event of the racing calendar finished, we move onto the event most of us proud Scots are looking forward to this year….Wimbledon.

Can our man Murray finally win in SW19? We certainly hope so in the office.  Our boss is a huge tennis fan and we are all hoping Murray does well as she can be a moody mare if he doesn’t!! ha ha.

We have been wracking our brains of late trying to think of a Wimbledon promotion and we have one or two in mind, be sure to pop back and check our blog during the SW19 tournament to check up on promotions and competitions. www.TheUmbrellaShop.co.uk

Drooko Umbrella and The Glasgow Umbrella Factory

Ownership of the first umbrella in Scotland is attributed to a Dr Spens of Edinburgh. 

In 1872, a Dr John Jamieson imported a yellow umbrella from Paris. It seems that this was so unusual that it 'attracted universal attention' and he would be followed around on wet days by crowds of people who were amazed by the strange spectacle of his unfurled umbrella.

In 1786, an enterprising individual, John Gardiner, started to manufacture umbrellas in Glasgow, perhaps inspired by the one introduced into the city by Dr Jamieson. It seems, however, that it was constructed from waxed linen, with cane ribs and a massive handle. It was cumbersome and a load to carry, and was soon overtaken by a lighter version made in Manchester.
 
Joseph Wright, a Glasgow lay preacher, philanthropist and writer, was also the manufacturer of the 'Drooko' umbrella in Glasgow between 1885 and 1912. 

The Drooko Umbrella ( the name is inspired by the Scots word "Drookit" meaning soaked ).

Wright published many of his own works and was able to include long advertisements for the 'Drooko' in his books. So renowned were his umbrellas that a verse was dedicated to them:

'I walk the world a raintight fellow
Beneath the Joseph Wright umbrella.' 

There are a series of advertising posters produced by the Macdonald sisters, Margaret and Frances. At one time they were known in artistic circles as the "Spook School" 

Margaret Macdonald married Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 

One such advert made by them in their unique style promoting "The Drooko Umbrella"

This image was taken frm the Huntarian Art Gallery online images.

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