{"id":4797,"date":"2014-12-18T11:11:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T11:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=4797"},"modified":"2014-12-18T11:11:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T11:11:32","slug":"its-oh-so-quiet-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/12\/its-oh-so-quiet-2\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s oh so quiet …"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It has been quiet on the blog of late, mainly because the Brigade elves are feverishly busy casting and packing the Xmas sale orders and getting them into the post. I had planned a couple of modelling articles, some previews of new products for next year, but it just hasn’t worked out …<\/p>\n

We have managed a suitably festive cake review (well, we have to keep our strength up somehow !) – it’s the latest incarnation of Mr Kipling’s Festive Bakewells<\/a>.
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Finally, a reminder – the last posting dates for anywhere overseas are long past, but UK first class post can still be sent up to the 20th, which is this Saturday. So if you get your UK orders in by 9am Friday morning (the 19th) I will do my utmost to get them in the post on Saturday and to you by Christmas (no promises, mind, but we will try). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It has been quiet on the blog of late, mainly because the Brigade elves are feverishly busy casting and packing the Xmas sale orders and getting them into the post. 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