{"id":8197,"date":"2022-12-05T16:04:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=8197"},"modified":"2025-01-31T13:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T13:05:49","slug":"its-not-merchandise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/12\/05\/its-not-merchandise\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s not Merchandise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well I had to, didn’t I?<\/p>\n

It seemed such a great tag line “Putting the EV in sEVen” that I just had to get some T-shirts printed… and hoodies, polos and fleeces! \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n

I used a local printing company called Carrillion<\/a>\u00a0here in Bristol. They were crazy busy but did manage to get me my stuff in a couple of weeks, ready for the CL7C event at Beaulieu<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Carillion had a ton of different garment suppliers to chose from but all the ones I selected seemed to come back a bit on the small size – ahh-hum! I’ll probably get some more printed in some different sizes, and the T-s have proved very popular with family and friends.<\/p>\n

I sort of got an image of me talking to Bob Laishley, the new Caterham Cars<\/a> CEO, with the purple hoodie on. And before anyone asks, he’s not telling me off – honest!<\/p>\n

The hoodie is certainly something that I’ll probably only wear at events where I’m pushing the brand! \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n

The fleece is something I wear all the time in the garage at this time of year (winter).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talking to Bob Laishley about EV’s (courtesy of Caterham’s Social Media people)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Putting the EV in sEVen – T-shirt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Putting the EV in sEVen – T-shirt Rear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Putting the EV in sEVen – Polo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Putting the EV in sEVen – Hoodie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Putting the EV in sEVen – Fleece<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well I had to, didn’t I? It seemed such a great tag line “Putting the EV in sEVen” that I just had to get some T-shirts printed… and hoodies, polos and fleeces! \ud83e\udd23 I used a local printing company called Carrillion\u00a0here in Bristol. They were crazy busy but did manage to get me my stuff 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