Last year I offered the basic shirt, the 'trademark' front and the Astons/circuit map on the back at a cost of £12. The name personalisation was an additional option at £2, and the Union flag on the sleeve another option at £1.
There was a complete mix of sizes ranging from kiddies sizes up to XXL.
I also offered V-neck shirts at additional cost.
Rusty of the Bretheren has for the past few years been the maestro who has taken the basic design and moulded into the image(s) that we have used and enjoyed so much.
The quality of the shirts themselves was, in my opinion, very good.
In total, I had 121 shirts printed, making a profit of over £400 for the club.
The time-consuming problems associated with the exercise is to get a basic design agreeable to all for the pic on the back which can then be knocked into shape (by Rusty??), and to administer the various options/orders/sizes etc and to collect the relevant amount of cash. The actual process of getting them printed and shipped was relatively easy, helped a lot by the fact that a couple of years ago I developed a database system (using MS Access) to control all the orders, and I simply hit the relevant button and the system produced a printout which I gave to the printer.
The vast majority of the shirts were shipped by mail, with only one major problem when a relatively large order got lost, and was finally delivered after the recipient had left for LM!! The few shirts I took to LM with me for 'local' collection caused an uneccessary amount of problems, so I think that Pedars.... may have a serious problem in trying to distribute all the shirts at LM.
I will, of course, forward the artwork for the 'standard' front of the shirt to anyone who asks.
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