Category: Military Surplus

Lots of lovely green canvas

We headed up to an MOD tender sale recently and purchased 6 lots of equipment. Amongst the lots were 4 crates of top quality heavy duty canvas tents and shelters. These are earmarked for making dining/cooking shelters. We will be making wooden frames for them to give them a nice rustic feel and recycle them into a new life in events. The colour of the canvas ideally blends with the UK’s countryside.

Eventually we hope to recycle some into yurt and geo-dome canvas covers.

July Jobs

July has been a varied month, generally dry, though quite cool feeling. Most jobs have come down dry which is always much appreciated. We have worked at a school,
a festival (http://www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk/the-line-up/);
an outdoor Shakespeare play (http://comxoevents.wordpress.com/);
a business park (http://www.enjoy-work.com/) and there is a wedding coming up this week with the vintage military .

The pic below shows the vintage military at Red Bull’s Formula 1 headquaters in Milton Keynes.

We also visited the War&Peace show in Kent to have a look at lots of vintage military tents and vehicles. A great place to pick up knowledge on the history of our tents and to get ideas for setting them in various ways. The living history areas of this large event are well worth a visit.

http://www.warandpeaceshow.com/

Festival Eye Magazine spotted!!

I was very pleased to see the stall for Festival Eye magazine at last week’s Sunrise Festival. It was a reminder of a pre-Internet time when getting hold of information on many festivals was only possible through this or the Guilfin publication. Throughout the ’90′s i’d always buy a copy to keep informed with what was happening.

I’m glad to see that Festival Eye is still going and enjoyed reading the editorial in the latest edition. The magazine has always catered for the underground events and i’ve discovered lots of people and events through its good work.

They do have a website up and running but it is lacking content at the mo. There is a weekly festival ticket competition. Starting on the 1st June we will be making weekly draws for festival tickets and other, festival related, prizes.A draw will be made each Wednesday, from the winning entries to the competition submitted that week. To participate, first create a user profile. Then login and answer the questions.

Entries must be in by 7pm every Wednesday until further notice.

Winners will be notified by email, text or phone by the following day (Thursday), and offered a pair of tickets to the Willowman Festival.

Welcome to the Festival Eye

“Party People” Book Review

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Party-People-Millions-Britains-Biggest/dp/1907499776/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306249803&sr=8-1

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Its got some great tips on how to put on a successful party. Its also a good rags to riches story written in a nice informal witty style.

We liked the history of the Jamilly family particularly the era of running Laurence Corner military surplus store. The store’s history is woven into the history of fashion in pop music with many artists buying outfits from the store.

http://www.laurencecorner.com/

http://www.london-rip.com/laurencecorner.html

Over The Moon too loves its military surplus wares and there usability for events so the Laurence Corner story was fascinating.

The book also serves as a snapshot of the growth of the event industry in the UK throughout the 90′s as the Jamilly’s company Theme Traders reflects this growing part of the economy. There are some handy sections detailing do’s and don’ts which we’ve highlighted for future use (some of which we knew while others were good to learn).

www.themetraders.co.uk

Bunker Bash – Military Theme 16th Birthday Party

Over The Moon journeyed north to Glasgow for the 1st of April to produce a military theme party. The client’s brief was a military themed event and to cover a large 7mx4m pond right in the middle of the lawn. The pond span was too large for the vintage military tents to go over so we offered to camouflage a 19x15m Intent. We also used sides from our military tents to edge the Intent to add more olive green and the lived-in look of a military base.

We also added props like ammo crates, jerry cans, parachutes and lots more camo nets around the garden. The client had a large stage built over the pond that was suitably camouflaged and the look was completed with 180 combat ready 16-18 year olds. The night went off with a bang.

To view the full album of images go to our Picasa Gallery.

Click links for info on Intents and Military Tents.