The Department of Anti-Recreation · Official goods

A print of their story.You see it before we make it.

Personalised prints made from your own names, dates and places. Satirical clothing and objects for everything else.

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Designed and printed in Britain · Delivery £2.49 per order · free on orders of £40+ · Damaged or misprinted? Free reprint

Buy 2, save 5% · Buy 3+, save 10% Taken off automatically at checkout. Excludes group sets.

  1. Mum, defined, an example print Mum, defined Her own dictionary pageJust the name, or the wordFrom £21.50
  2. Mum's bouquet, an example print Mum's bouquet Everyone as their birth flowerJust names and birth monthsFrom £21.50
  3. The year she was born, an example print The year she was born Her birthday's front pageJust the name and yearFrom £21.50
  4. Mum's award, an example print Mum's award For the things she never gets thanked forJust their nameFrom £21.50

Sample names shown. Open a print to put in your own.

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  • Delivery £2.49 per order · free on orders of £40+Order today and most arrive within 5 to 8 working days
  • Designed and printed in BritainNothing sits in a warehouse
  • You see the exact artworkBefore you pay
  • Damaged or misprinted? Free reprintSend a photo, keep the original

Our origin story, covered by BBC News Good News Network road.cc

MAKE IT YOURS

Your story, properly framed.

Add their names, dates and places, see the exact print, then approve it. From £21.50.

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  1. The Year, As A Front Page The front page From £21.50
  2. The Sky, Exactly As It Stood The night sky From £21.50
  3. Where It Happened Map Print Where it happened From £21.50
  4. Personalised Family Tree Print Family tree From £21.50
  5. The Moon, As It Hung That Night The moon that night From £21.50
  6. Personalised voice soundwave print Their voice From £21.50
  7. Personalised pet official records print Pet records From £21.50
  8. The Years We Were Born The years we were born From £21.50
  9. Personalised wedding vows print Wedding vows From £21.50
  10. Personalised baby birth details print New baby From £21.50
  11. Personalised running, cycling or walking route print The route From £21.50
  12. The Family Crossword Family crossword From £21.50
  13. Personalised multi-stop travel map print Travel map From £21.50
  14. Personalised astrology birth chart print Birth chart From £21.50
Making a group thing? Matching named shirts for 2 to 30

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Christmas gift ideas

A first Christmas in a new home · A family tree for grandparents · A first Christmas married · A marathon runner · Remembering a dog

A baby's first Christmas · Mum · A dog owner · Someone who loves travelling · A walker · A voice message to keep · A ruby wedding anniversary · A golden wedding anniversary

A birth chart · Their star sign · A first Christmas as grandparents · A teacher, from the class · A cyclist · A rescue pet's gotcha day · Someone emigrating · A long distance relationship

FIND YOUR PARTICULAR THING

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Make something personal, browse the satire, or find a design tied to a place or interest.

THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS

Satire & places.

Birth flower by month

First Class: one flower stamp for each month. Pick the month, then the gift.

  1. January: Carnation
  2. February: Violet
  3. March: Daffodil
  4. April: Daisy
  5. May: Lily of the Valley
  6. June: Rose
  7. July: Larkspur
  8. August: Gladiolus
  9. September: Aster
  10. October: Marigold
  11. November: Chrysanthemum
  12. December: Narcissus
All of First Class

Find your dog

Twelve favourite breeds, from Working Roots and Best in Show.

All of Working Roots All of Best in Show

Fossils: Set in Stone

A pencil skeleton on a cream museum plate, with specimen notes. Our other fossil range, Artist's Impression, paints the living animal in full colour instead.

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Specialist corner: tarot

True Colours: all 22 cards of the Major Arcana, painted in full colour.

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ORIGIN STORY / CHICHESTER

It started with a sign.

AntiRecreation grew out of the Chichester Anti-Recreation Partnership (CARP): a straight-faced one-person campaign using spoof civic signs to raise a smile and make local problems easier to talk about.

What began around Chichester became the visual language behind a wider store devoted to everyday British absurdity.

THE PAPER TRAIL

BBC News One man's campaign against his 'anti-fun' city Good News Network These silly signs are one man's campaign against his anti-fun city road.cc The Ultra Low Excitement Zone

PUBLIC LIFE / POLITICAL SATIRE

Political satire.

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