Why Is It Named King And Country?? (1 Viewer)

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If Andy And Co Founders Lived In China For Awhile I Wonder Where The Name Orginated From (king And Country) And Why??..sammy
 
Andy is Scottish....and Scotland has fought with England since the Napoleonic wars...thats my take on it...


WELLINGTON
 
Harrytheheid said:
Correct.....:D:D...:eek:
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And what a Union we are,long may it continue.:)

Things i like about Scotland!

The Glorious History and contribution of their Soldiers in the Britsh Army.
Their Castles
Stunning Countryside
Glasgow Appollo 1976 (Quo-best concert i ever saw)
Their new years eve celebrations which i have been lucky enough to experience a couple of times;)

Rob
 
Rob said:
And what a Union we are,long may it continue.:)

Rob
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And so say all of us. (Well, some of us anyway).

Things I like about Scotland!

Our Glorious History and contribution of our Soldiers in the Britsh Army.
Our Castles
Our Stunning Countryside
Glasgow Apollo 1971 (Led Zeppelin, Best concert I ever saw)
Our new years eve celebrations which i have been lucky enough to REMEMBER a couple of times

Cheers
H
 
Rob said:
And what a Union we are,long may it continue.:)

Things i like about Scotland!

The Glorious History and contribution of their Soldiers in the Britsh Army.
Their Castles
Stunning Countryside
Glasgow Appollo 1976 (Quo-best concert i ever saw)
Their new years eve celebrations which i have been lucky enough to experience a couple of times;)

Rob
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But most of all My General Andy whose brought you King and Country:D:D:D:D
 
Andy may have to comment on this but when Andy and Laura MacAllister (his business partner and then wife) decided to form a business, they were looking for a name that would be evocative of Great Britain and the former British Empire. Since they were going to be making traditional toy soldiers (Highland Brigade, Seaforths, etc.) that brought back the memory of old Britain, they wanted a name that would bring back that heritage, or something like that.

They decided to do this because it took so long for the toy soldiers that he had ordered to arrive from the UK since at the time nothing was being made overseas. Apparently, he had complained to Laura about this repeatedly so finally she said something like: why don't you make your own? That is apparently, more or less, how the company got started.

I'm sure Andy can give you the full story later on today or tomorrow.
 
Notice how the company is called King & Country which is all together fitting and NOT Napoleon and Country........:eek:


WELLINGTON......Andy I couldn't think of a better name.....

Hey Ron its a good thing you are away...I'm having fun...:D
 
'Cause if it's not Scottish...

IT'S CRAP!

(with a nod to Mike Myers)

Ein Prost auf die Teufelsdamen!
Brad
 
theBaron said:
'Cause if it's not Scottish...

IT'S CRAP!

(with a nod to Mike Myers)

Ein Prost auf die Teufelsdamen!
Brad
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:D:D:D - Brilliant - with all due respect to my English friends.
The other Brad is pretty close to it I think. King and Country is evocative of the old British Empire. The Victorian era is more what people tend to associate with the Brit Emp, but "Queen" & Country might have caused a few sniggers.....maybe...:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Cheers
H
 
Rob said:
And what a Union we are,long may it continue.:)

Things i like about Scotland!

The Glorious History and contribution of their Soldiers in the Britsh Army.
Their Castles
Stunning Countryside
Glasgow Appollo 1976 (Quo-best concert i ever saw)
Their new years eve celebrations which i have been lucky enough to experience a couple of times;)

Rob
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Do not forget Whiskey, Kilts and Bagpipes!
 
Harrytheheid said:
And so say all of us. (Well, some of us anyway).

Things I like about Scotland!

Our Glorious History and contribution of our Soldiers in the Britsh Army.
Our Castles
Our Stunning Countryside
Glasgow Apollo 1971 (Led Zeppelin, Best concert I ever saw)
Our new years eve celebrations which I have been lucky enough to REMEMBER a couple of times

Cheers
H
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Oh, and our whisky (can't stand the stuff), kilts and bagpipes. And the band - TEXAS...!!!

"I don't want a lover"
"I just need a friend"
 
Well Ladies and Gentlemen… Boys and Girls… all the sailors at sea… and Uncle Tom Cobbley and all… are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin…

Back in the dim and distant past when all toy soldiers were exactly 54mm tall and nice and glossy too Laura (the first Mrs. Neilson) and I were sitting around the log fire in our ‘squatter shack’ in the hills of Hong Kong trying to decide what to call our latest business venture…

Many ideas were batted back and forth… The Original Oriental Toy Soldier Company… Toy Soldiers R Us… Wee Army Men… were but a few of the hundreds of draft ideas. Then, finally… “Just a wee minute,” I pondered, “we need a name that is very British sounding and sounds as if its been around for about a hundred years or something.”

“What about Wm. Britain’s?” Laura suggested helpfully dissolving into a fit of giggles.

“We need a name that can overcome the fact that we are based in Hong Kong,” I continued. Now, in those days after leaving the Royal Hong Kong Police and Government service, my main business was our own little graphic design studio… imaginatively called ‘The Andy C. Neilson Studio’. In my studio I had a library of reference books and magazines covering all kinds of subjects including, of course, two of my favourite interests… ‘history and the movies’.

One day casually leafing through a book about the First World War, I came upon a great looking recruiting poster showing a ‘Black Watch’ Jock, rifle in hand, staring balefully out. The headline read ‘YOUR KING & COUNTRY NEED YOU’.

“That’s it!” I said out loud, “It’s perfect!” KING ampersand COUNTRY… it even reminded me of long-established firms… ‘KENT & CURWIN’ (Clothing Retailer)… ‘FORTNUM & MASON’ (famous London store)… ABERCROMBIE & FITCH (Clothing)… SMITH & WESSON (Guns)… I could go on but you get the general picture.

It was also the same as one of my favourite movies about World War One… KING AND COUNTRY starring Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtney.

And that my friends is how the name ‘KING & COUNTRY’, please note not ‘KING AND COUNTRY’… (that ampersand means a lot to us), came about.

And the rest, as they say, is history…
Best wishes and happy collecting!

Andy

P.S. Ampersand: The character or sign (&) representing the word and.
 

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Well Ladies and Gentlemen… Boys and Girls… all the sailors at sea… and Uncle Tom Cobbley and all… are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin…

Back in the dim and distant past when all toy soldiers were exactly 54mm tall and nice and glossy too Laura (the first Mrs. Neilson) and I were sitting around the log fire in our ‘squatter shack’ in the hills of Hong Kong trying to decide what to call our latest business venture…

Many ideas were batted back and forth… The Original Oriental Toy Soldier Company… Toy Soldiers R Us… Wee Army Men… were but a few of the hundreds of draft ideas. Then, finally… “Just a wee minute,” I pondered, “we need a name that is very British sounding and sounds as if its been around for about a hundred years or something.”

“What about Wm. Britain’s?” Laura suggested helpfully dissolving into a fit of giggles.

“We need a name that can overcome the fact that we are based in Hong Kong,” I continued. Now, in those days after leaving the Royal Hong Kong Police and Government service, my main business was our own little graphic design studio… imaginatively called ‘The Andy C. Neilson Studio’. In my studio I had a library of reference books and magazines covering all kinds of subjects including, of course, two of my favourite interests… ‘history and the movies’.

One day casually leafing through a book about the First World War, I came upon a great looking recruiting poster showing a ‘Black Watch’ Jock, rifle in hand, staring balefully out. The headline read ‘YOUR KING & COUNTRY NEED YOU’.

“That’s it!” I said out loud, “It’s perfect!” KING ampersand COUNTRY… it even reminded me of long-established firms… ‘KENT & CURWIN’ (Clothing Retailer)… ‘FORTNUM & MASON’ (famous London store)… ABERCROMBIE & FITCH (Clothing)… SMITH & WESSON (Guns)… I could go on but you get the general picture.

It was also the same as one of my favourite movies about World War One… KING AND COUNTRY starring Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtney.

And that my friends is how the name ‘KING & COUNTRY’, please note not ‘KING AND COUNTRY’… (that ampersand means a lot to us), came about.

And the rest, as they say, is history…
Best wishes and happy collecting!

Andy

P.S. Ampersand: The character or sign (&) representing the word and.
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WELL ANDY I THANK YOU FOR CLEARING UP THAT MATTER, NOW IT MAKES SENSE..SAMMY
 
Thanks Andy, always interesting to hear some of the background like that.

And I can honestly say that before today I never knew what an ampersand was - who says the internet can teach you nothing:)!

Cheers,

Molloy.
 
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