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Welcome to Fruitsalad Retro
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 Fruit Salad Retro is a small outlet, very much a family affair, and we enjoy offering Fun Retro Gifts for every occasion, or just to add a little sunshine to your day. We like to think we offer excellent quality items, at a reasonable price, with a fast turnaround to make sure of prompt arrival of your item(s).
Furthermore, unlike the big businesses and multinationals out there, you can rest assured of personal attention - with a live human being at the end of the phone to help you in whatever way, and you won't be speaking to some call centre (in Basingstoke or Calcutta!).
So if you enjoy Fun Retro Gifts and you like the personal service a small family outlet can give, we would be happy to have your custom.
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 Why the name Fruit Salad? is an obvious question which most people will ask.
We wanted a name that would encapsulate years gone by, especially childhood years - and something that Mum and Dad often enjoyed (though we're sure they were bigger back then!) and children still enjoy today.
These were/are the classic sweets: the Fruit Salad. |
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Best Selling ItemsLarge 12" x 18" Vatican Hand Held Flag £2.99 12 by 18 inch LARGE Vatican hand-held Flag
Great for Catholics, churches, bars, clubs, parties, birthdays, sporting events, community events, businessmen etc.
These really do look the business - large, bright, eye-catching. Superb for any event or occassion.
Great size [12 by 18 inch] polyester hard-wearing flag with wooden pole and plastic finial (pointy top!) - total length of pole 24 and a half inches.
find out more | | Keep Calm & Carry On (WW2) Coffee Mug £6.49 Official McLaggan Smith Porcelain Mug
Superb KEEP CALM & CARRY ON Design
Mint, with smart bold design on it!
With double sided design (both the same).
Perfect for Militaria buffs, policemen, servicemen, WW2 fans, historians, "stiff upper lip" types, retro-fans or any workers, teachers, students etc.
Perfect for the home, the office, working site and everyone who loves a decent cuppa!
Large white porcelain mug. Height circa 90mm. Diameter 75mm. Capacity 270ml.
This is an official McLaggan Smith mug made in Scotland. In many cataliogues and high street outlets you will pay a lot more! Their design and reputation for quality is second-to-none.
find out more | | VW Camper Van Pink Cool Bag £11.99 WONDERFUL VW CAMPER PINK COOL/SHOULDER BAG!
With adjustable pink canvas strap
Size circa 15cm x 22cm x 14cm.
This great bag has two mesh/elasticated side pockets.
It zips up to form a lovely cool bag - ideal for lunches etc.
This is a beatiful bag, incredibly well made with fantastic quality stitching.
It would make an excellent present and be really appreciated!
Or why not just treat yourself for that special trip... or daily use!
find out more | | Nautical 12.6m Bunting £14.99 Nautical Bunting
Great for sailors, kids rooms, bars, clubs, parties, birthdays, sporting events, community events, businessmen etc.
These really do look the business - large, bright, eye-catching. Superb for any event or occassion.
Great size polyester hard-wearing flags: 40 flags on a 12.6 metre length.
find out more | | Hand Grenade Stressball £3.99 Fun Executive Stressball Grenade in black.
Size: 5,4 x 6,2 x 9,6cm.
Looks great on your desk or in your office.
A must for anyone connected with the services.
take it in your suitcase to your next sales conference. When some speaker says they want to "touch base" or wants a "brain storming session" simply grab your very own grenade stressball and squeeze away the stress!
A fun gift or treat for yourself.
find out more | | Big Match Special Sound Machine with 16 Electronic Special Effects £7.99 High fidelity audio effects to enhance your viewing of your favourite football match, whether Premier league, Champions League, Championship, Internationals or other.
You will soon wonder how you ever managed without a perfect push-button commentry, ref's whistle, air horn, offside call, immitation commentators comments (a la Motson, Hansen, Beckham etc.), .
Quality sound-bites in a sleek, pocket-able machine.
Win it or lose out! Based on the original sound machine which was Gift of the Year 2009!
Everyone we have showed this to, or who's had one from us has loved it!
With replaceable batteries this is a great gift that will last!
find out more | | RAF Ensign Wood-Effect Mouse Mat £4.99 Fantastic RAF Ensign Mouse Mat
Mint, with a wood-effect style that is instantly recognisable and will wow any visitor to your office!
Brand New
Hardtop Mat. Works with optical mouse or normal roll ball mouse. Size: 23.5cm x 18.5cm.
Perfect for the home, the office, working site, for students, workers, young dudes, IT workers, computer buffs etc.
Fits in with the rest of our military range.
find out more | | Parking Rolled Blanket £8.99 Fantastic PARKING BLANKET
Mint, with great parking motif - comes rolled with velcro fastening detachable strap and handle!
Size: 150cm x 130cm
Superb image, eye catching. Brand new, and would make a lovely gift.
find out more | | We Support Our Troops Flag (White) £4.49 5x3 feet
100% polyester flag.
With brass eyelets for flying from pole.
Popular flag with those interested in the British & American military, military families, those with friends in Iraq, Afghanistan etc., veterans of WW2/post-WW2 conflicts, servicemen, veterans etc.
find out more | | Ouch Oops a Daisy Plasters £3.99 Ouch Oops a Daisy Plasters
Boo-boos mean love and attention is needed, so why not have these bright, flowery and cheery plasters to hand to help brush away the tears from a grazed knee or cut hand?
Each 3-3/4" (9.5 cm) tall metal tin contains 24 latex-free, vinyl, adhesive plasters with sterile gauze, a mixture of smart designer plasters.
A fresh variety of our best-selling plasters in collectible tins.
24 assorted plasters. Tin size: 95x70x30mm.
Don't be a pansy - be a daisy!
find out more | | Big Ben Rubber Duck £4.99 Big Ben Duck
These fantastic and iconic Ducks are made from plastic and measure 9.5cm from beak to tail.
A must-have item for any Londoner, historian, anyone interested in architechture, clocks or anyone of great taste!
Great for bathtime fun! Super for bathroom or bedroom or even kitchen displays.
Not only are these ducks original, fun, stylish and quircky, they are also very much a collectors item for the naughty noughties (00s).
This Duck is great for kids to play with, and adults too!
Wonderful gift for any time of the year.
Highly collectable.
find out more | | Wonder Woman Luxury Weekend Bag £24.99 GREAT WONDERWOMAN WEEKEND BAG!
Mostly canvas with great star patterning all over.
Measurements: 17cm x 30cm x 46cm.
This great bag has a leather effect side pocket with the Wonder Woman imagery on.
On the reverse side there's the star patterning, with a small tasteful 'WW' motif stitched.
It also has a side pocket on one end, and as well as the main spacious compartment of the bag, there's an internal side pocket too.
All the pockets are zip-up.
The bag also comes with a beautiful metal and enamel detachable Wonder Woman motif keyring.
The bag has carry handles and an adjustable shoulder strap
This is a beatiful bag, incredibly well made with fantastic quality stitching. It would make an excellent present and be really appreciated!
...or why not just treat yeourself for that special trip... or daily use!
find out more | | Scotsman Piper Rubber Duck £4.99 Scotsman Piper Duck
These fantastic and iconic Ducks are made from plastic and measure 9.5cm from beak to tail.
A must-have item for any Scot, historian, anyone interested in music, geneology or anyone of great taste!
Great for bathtime fun! Super for bathroom or bedroom or even kitchen displays.
Not only are these ducks original, fun, stylish and quircky, they are also very much a collectors item for the naughty noughties (00s).
This Duck is great for kids to play with, and adults too!
Wonderful gift for any time of the year.
Highly collectable.
find out more | | London City & Thames in a Bag Wooden Toy Set £11.99 18 piece London landmarks in a cotton drawstring bag.
This traditional wooden playset is made of 18 pieces and includes Tower Bridge, the London Eye, St Paul's Cathedral, skyscrapers, the River Thames, and much more.
A fantastic traditional wooden toy, easily stored and transported in its own drawstring bag with a London Eye logo on it.
It's old-fashioned nature is what appeals and it can easily by mixed in with other wooden toys, toy cars etc. and is a great item to play with day in, day out -- as well as being a great travel/holiday toy.
find out more | | Irish History 30cm Ruler £1.49 Irish History 30cm ruler
Fantastic ruler with classic wooden design.
A wooden ruler that has measurements in both centimetres and inches on one side and has a timeline of Irish history from 500BC through to 1993.
Great for would-be Brian Boru's, St Patrick's, history fans and Irish buffs everywhere!!!!
A wonderful gift too - really brings history to life, whether in the home, classroom or workplace!
find out more | | NATO Phonetic Alphabet Coffee Mug  £6.49 Official McLaggan Smith Porcelain Mug
Superb NATO Phonetic Alphabet Design
Mint, with intricate, detailed and fascinating design on it!
With wraparound design.
Perfect for military buffs, veterans, servicemen and women, policemen and women, cadets or any workers, teachers, students etc.
Perfect for the home, the office, working site and everyone who loves a decent cuppa!
Large white porcelain mug. Height circa 90mm. Diameter 75mm. Capacity 270ml.
The mug has every letter of the alphabet (yes that's A to Z - see those years in school weren't wasted!) along with it's NATO phonetic.word and a mini picture e.g. G has the word golf with a litle golfer and the letter q has the word Quebec with a little quebecois flag. So you can learn your juliet bravos whilst supping your favourite brew.
This is an official McLaggan Smith mug made in Scotland. In many catalogues and high street outlets you will pay a lot more! Their design and reputation for quality is second-to-none.
find out more | | Assorted 16 Piece Retro Shabby Chic Cutlery Set £21.99 16 Piece Shabby Chic Cutlery Set
New cutlery made to look vintage chic.
16 piece set as pictured.
Each item is of a different design, giving you an instant shabby chic look at your dinner table.
In many shops such items sold in smaller sets go for a lot more!
Impress family and guests alike wuith this fabulous set made to high specifications.
They come in a plastic tub as pictured.
find out more | | WW2 Era Vintage Red Emergency Phone  £49.95 The iconic type 302 phone was designed by the prolific industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss and introduced in 1937.
He used ear to mouth measurements from 2000 people to create the egonomic handset. The first to incorporate the bell in the base of the unit, the phone was originally cast in metal. This piece was later produced using a heavy-duty plastic housing.
Its appearance, combined with a rugged construction, earned it the nickname "The Cow's Hoof" because of its lipped hoof-style base. This early desk version served as the standard for the better part of World War II while telephone design efforts were halted due to defence work.
A great phone for anyone who wants that retro look. The red colour adds an importance seen in many old films, and would look the part in Downing Street, Allied HQ, or even in an old episode of Batman!
Relive the glory days with this superb phone. Great for the home (hallway, kitchen or bedroom) or the office.
Simply plug into the wal socket and you're ready to take that emergency phone call from the Pentagon!
A wonderful gift. Comes in a smart presentation box.
Push button dial, plugs into a standard phone wal socket. Includes a re-dial button, ringer/volume on-off switch, tone/pulse switch, earpiece volume control.
Size: 220mm x 140mm x 190mm.
Designed for connection to analogue public switched telephone networks and private switch boards in the UK.
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New ProductsFairy Pencil & Memo Topper £0.99 Pop-up pencil (plastic casing with pencil leads inside) with eraser, topped with a lid holding a small fairy memo pad.
Fantastic item with durable design.
Great for would-be fairies everywhere!!!!
A wonderful gift too - fun accessory for the home, classroom or workplace!
find out more | | Mushroom Sharpener & Eraser £1.49 This is a gorgeous mushroom whose spotted head is an eraser and whose stalk is a sharpener with space for catching the "sharpenings."
Circa 5cm in height, width 4.5cm.
One of four designs. Please state your preference(s) with your payment. There's blue and pink; red and white (as pictured) there's also pink and white; and green and red.
It can sit tastefully on your desk or adorn a shelf.
A wonderful gift too! And what a stocking filler for Christmas - or a treat for any time of the year!
A charming little item and a must for home, school or work.
find out more | | Make Your Own Forest Fairies £2.99 A charming boxed set for anyone interested in fairies.
The boxed set contains everything you need to make five Forest Fairies.
With assorted flower petals, ribbon, pipe cleaners, wool, woden beads, glue and illustrated instructions.
A must for rainy days, day trips, a visit to nan's, prizes, birthday bags, and a lovely suprise gift.
Make them. Decorate them. Bring them to life.
find out more | | Stretchy Rubber Snake £2.49 A beautifully coloured Rubber Snake in a selection of colours.
Coiled, circa 60cm long, this snake does stretch to much longer. It does sit normally as a slithering snake.
Beautifully coloured, these snakes are a must for anyone interested in reptiles and the natural world. Whether for a child's room, a party bag, a naturalist's office or a classroom prop, your snake will amaze friends.
find out more | | Rubber Rat £2.49 Low maintenance pet substitute.
No commitment required. No food, no smelly droppings, no annoying scurrying noises in the middle of the night.
This rubber rodent are 16cm from the tip of the nose to its (ahem) bottom. Including its tail the rate is well over 30cm long.
Great fun for practical jokes too.
Go on! Make your mum scream.
Rats need love too.
find out more | | Paratrooper with Sling £0.99 Fun Paratrooper with plastic chute and slingshot.
Para figure is circa 10cm high and the parachute is orange plastic.
Fling it high in the air and watch it float to the ground.
Good old fashioned fun for a pocket money price.
Look in our NEWS section for a video of this fab fun toy in action.
find out more | | Balloon Racing Car £1.19 Fun plastic car.
Blow up the balloon. Put the car down and - ZOOM! - off it goes.
Have fun in the home or down the park (or in work!).
Better still get one each for you and your siblings, peers, pals, workmates (probably best not accost strangers in the street) and have a race or two!
Great fun!
Each car measures 9.5cm from 'nose to tail'.
Available in green, blue, red or yellow.
find out more | | Morris Minor Walls Ice Cream Van £5.49 Fantastic post-1956 Morris Minor Die-Cast Ice Cream Van.
With pull-back-and-go action., this is an icon of a past British industrial age.
Circa 13cm front to back.
Fantastic detail including rubber tyres, number plate, make logo on car, front and rear lights, enamelling, opening doors, Wall's logo, price chart, flower decals, etc.
You may remember this car as the dependable British car seen on the streets of Britain from the late 50s through the 1960s, and is now much beloved of the owners who renovate and care for them.
This Ice Cream Van version is fully licensed by Wall's and would makea lovely gift,a toy to be played with or a superb item to display at home or at work.
find out more | | Kazoo (Metal Deluxe) £1.99 A deluxe, boxed, hand-crafted metal kazoo.
Available in green and blue or red and blue, each with stars on the side.
13cm long.
As the box says: if you can hum you can kazoo!
Good traditional fun.
find out more | | Clockwork Mouse £1.89 This is a cute furry wild mouse in a choice of colours (white, black, grey or brwon).
Just wind it up and watch it whizz across the floor.
12cm long (plus tail!) a great toy to frighten mum or nan - and the cat will love it.
State which colour(s) you prefer and subject to availability we will try and send the colour(s) you want.
Squeek squeek.
find out more | | Ladybird Cat Purse £4.99 Fantastic Kids PVC (Easy Clean) Ladybird Cat Purse
Mint, with the famous retro Ladybird design, that is instantly recognisable!
Brand New with official Ladybird tags.
size approx. 10 x 13cm
This is a fully licensed product, and would make a lovely gift for any Paddington Bear fan, 70s buff etc.
Picture shows front and rear (pink with polka dots) of the purse.
find out more | | London Wooden (Taxis, Buses, Policemen etc.) Playset in a Bag £12.99 25 piece London landmarks in a cotton drawstring bag.
This traditional wooden playset is made of 25 pieces and includes Tower Bridge, the London Eye, Westminster Abbey, the BT Tower, 10 Downing Street as well as post boxes, taxis, buses, policemen and soldiers, and much more.
A fantastic traditional wooden toy, easily stored and transported in its own drawstring bag with a London Bus logo on it.
It's old-fashioned nature is what appeals and it can easily by mixed in with other wooden toys, toy cars etc. and is a great item to play with day in, day out -- as well as being a great travel/holiday toy.
Includes a info sheet with details of all the pieces.
find out more | | Whizzing Top Game £2.89 A new boxed toy which will revive memories of the old fun toy of yesteryear.
The solid wood spinning top has a variety of pattern discs which dazzle the eyes as they spin. It also has a trigger mechanism which makes it easier to get a really fast spin going!
A must for rainy days, day trips, a visit to nan's, prizes, birthday bags, and a lovely suprise gift. Fun and Traditional.
All comes in a traditional looking, sturdy cardboard box (size 19 x 7.5 x 6cm) - easy to store and transport.
find out more | | Rolltennis Traditional Table-Top Game £4.99 A table-top variation of tennis.
A quick and fast game for two people.
Based on an original German game from the 1930s.
Original German and full English instructions are included.
A must for rainy days, day trips, a visit to nan's, prizes, birthday bags, and a lovely suprise gift. Fun and Traditional.
All comes in a traditional looking, sturdy cardboard box (size 29 x 11.5 x 6cm) - easy to store and transport.
find out more | | Spotty Dog Notes by Rachel Ellen £1.29 Size 105 x 65mm, this ever-so-handy notebook is perfect pocket size and has circa 50 pages inside.
The cover of the notebook simply closes inside a liitle flap, making it easy to open and close whenever you need it.
A super gift for anyone who needs a notebook for shopping, work, or just jotting down inspirational ideas.
Great, thoughtful gift. Designed by the clever people at Racel Ellen.
find out more | | Little Notes Boxed Set of Cards & Envelopes by Rachel Ellen £3.99 Box 93mm x 93mm x 35mm, these 12 small cards are printed on quality textured board.
They are presented tied in ribbon (as pictured) 2 of each design come with complimentary white envelopes.
Two of the card designs are blank, two have 'Thank You' on the cover and two have 'Just to Say...' on the cover.
Handy cards to keep for when an Aunty, friend or teacher gives an unexpected gift (and an essential for birthdays of course!) and any other events at school, work or in the family.
find out more | | Mermaid 'Sun Catcher' Bookmark by Rachel Ellen £1.89 Size 160 x 65mm, this cheerful see-through coloured plastic mermaid will last.
A super gift for mermaid fans of any age.
Great for schoolchildren, handy for work, great for notebooks - and all sorts of everyday use.
Also looks great up against the kitchen window!
find out more | | My Secret Diary by Rachel Ellen £6.49 Size 140 x 145 mm, this cheerful children's diary has a sturdy hardback cover with a lovely Fairy design, is lockable and has 200 pages inside.
Each of the pages are pink with red lines for writing, and a space to write in your own date. Each also has a little white heart with red polka dots.
A super gift for a little princess of any age.
Great, thoughtful gift. Designed by the clever people at Racel Ellen.
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