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Our buying team have trying to track down all the loveliest souvenirs with which to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee. Our favourite so far is this gorgeous jug by Jan Constantine. See all our ideas here.

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- www.secretsworthsharing.blogspot.com
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Tag: Ila Security
How safety-conscious are you? National Personal Safety Day – Monday 10 October 2011
Do you ever take a moment to think about your safety and whether you’re doing all you can to protect yourself from crime? Have you ever considered how you might react if faced with a nightmare situation?
The Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s annual National Personal Safety Day aims to raise awareness of simple, practical measures that everybody [...]
Posted: October 10th, 2011 under Gifts for Girls, Handpicked News, In the Press, Product Reviews, Top Tips.
Tags: Ila Security
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ila Safety Demonstration Videos with Jacqui Hames
Have you ever wondered exactly how the ila DUSK works? Or exactly how a wedge personal alarm can alert you to intruders, or how something as small as the ila PEBBLE can make such an almighty racket? We won’t think any less of you if you haven’t had this urge, but you’ll be glad to [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2010 under Gifts for Girls, Handpicked News, Product Reviews.
Tags: Ila Dusk, Ila Security, ila WEDGE, ils PEBBLE, Jacqui Hames
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Ila Wordlock
Our latest and greatest product from Ila Security comes in the form of the Ila Wordlock. If you have ordered one of these in the past few weeks (as they have been up on our website) you will have had to have been patient with us. The good news is that we get them into [...]
Posted: July 6th, 2010 under Gift Ideas, Product Reviews, Top Tips, Travel.
Tags: Ila Security, Wordlock
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