"What do you buy for the Londoner who probably has everything there is to do with London already? Here's a selection of what I would want you might want to buy for them. Prices range from stocking filler to second mortgage. UK Departure boards Decorative and functional, these olde-style railway and bus departure boards are plugged into the live data feeds from most of the UK's transport networks, so you can see whether your local public transport is working before you leave home."
"Moose Allain is a cartoonist who has a wry way with words and apart from dropping workplay jokes on social media, he also draws sketches to accompany them. They're not prints, he draws each one by hand for each order - so if you bought three of the same print, they would all be "originals" and differ very slightly from each other. He has a lot to choose from, but I think the Ducklands Light Railway will raise a smile. Available from World of Moose for £45."
"These sketches of the historic Mail Rail tunnels were made by the artist David Gentleman in 2015 ahead of the tunnels' reopening as part of The Postal Museum. Only 50 have been produced and are exclusive to the Postal Museum here. Hence a hefty price tag. David Gentleman is the same person who designed the platform art at Charing Cross tube station London Air Ambulance helicopter A charity, they recently bought two new helicopters and are selling these scale models - you can pick either Amy Johnson and/or Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Available for £13 from the Air Ambulance shop here."
A curated selection of London-themed gifts spans modest stocking fillers to expensive collector pieces. Options include live-data olde-style departure boards that display UK transport feeds, hand-drawn single-order cartoons by Moose Allain, limited-edition David Gentleman Mail Rail sketches tied to The Postal Museum, charity-scale model helicopters from London Air Ambulance, and custom City of London-style street signs sized for doors. Prices range from around £13 for charity models to about £170 for departure boards, with exclusive prints commanding higher, premium prices due to limited production and association with notable artists.
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