We Are The English – Free Delivery Weekend, New Stuff, Senlak Special

 

For those that aren't in the know, the Senlak clothing range has consistently been our biggest selling brand. Rebel English Apparel at its very best - there's a heads up on what we're all about below and a review of some of the Senlak top sellers (dead fish click elsewhere). We've also got a new badge that is well worth a click and a free delivery weekend (spend over £10.00 for free UK delivery). We've also added new articles that just need to be read...

It's T-Shirts, sweatshirts and apparel use designs inspired by England and the culture, history and heritage of its people. The Senlak White Dragon logo is derived from The White Dragon of the Anglo-Saxons - the oldest known emblem of the English dating back well over a millennia. The arrow shape that appears on many of our labels is the runic symbol for the early English god Tiw. We name Tuesday after him (Tiw's Day). His symbol was said to evoke honour and courage and he was the protector of all warriors, but was also said to watch over the disabled, and the left-handed. The accompanying wording reads in Old English "Good is he who keeps faith"

This Englisc thing is part of so many , a multitude spread over the globe. For the unconventional and the non-conformist. For the free thinkers, the radical and the rebellious - we embrace all these things.

"Only dead fish swim with the tide"

As for the name – Senlak. Well, it’s from a place where many years ago, brave men made their stand...

White Dragon Merchandise - The Senlak logo is inspired by the White Dragon of the Anglo-Saxons. The White Dragon is the oldest known emblem of the English and out dates the Cross of St George by many hundreds of years. It is a symbol of our ancient roots and a strong statement of our unique English culture and identity.

Warriors - Heather Red

 

Hengest and Horsa - the Founding Fathers. When we talk about the formation of English identity, culture and heritage there is no time in our history that is as important as the Anglo-Saxon period. It is no exaggeration to say that without them there would simply be no England and therefore no English. The term Anglo-Saxon refers to the Angles and the Saxons – two of the founding tribes of the English nation......

 "The clasp that holds the two sides of the cope together bears a jewel made by jeweller, Rhiannon of Tregaron. The design shows the white dragon of England and the red dragon of Wales greeting each other in peace across the cross of Canterbury."

 

Two images toward the bottom of this section also bear mentioning. A pair of small roundels containing a red dragon, representing the Welsh, and a white dragon, representing the Saxons… For the Yorkists the red dragon represented Edward IV, and the white dragon the Lancastrians. The identification of Lancastrians and Saxons is made further along in the manuscript, where Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI are all bordered in Saxon yellow alone.
This refers to a 15th century heraldic manuscript.

 

"In their subsequent contests with the Saxons, our British ancestors always had a red dragon painted upon their standards; while the colourless banner of their opponents bore the figure of the White Dragon"
The National Magazine - Abel Stevens

 

Whet the bright steel,
Sons of the White Dragon!
Kindle the torch,
Daughter of Hengist!
Sir Walter Scott - Author of Ivanhoe

 

Both the English and the Welsh adopted the dragon as their battle flag. The dragon of the Britons can still be seen in the Red Dragon of the Welsh flag while for the English it was the White Dragon that was to prove most enduring. The Dragon was flown by Harold II, when he destroyed the Norse army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 and it was the banner under which he and his warriors fought to the death, three weeks later defending their homeland.....(read more)

Senlak White Dragon Polo....Classic polo shirt with White Dragon of the English embroidered logo. Side vents and reinforced shoulder seams Available up to size XXXL. From the Senlak clothing range - Inspired by England, made for the English

Senlak "Englisc 449" T-shirt....available in 3 colours up to XXXL

 

 

Sometimes it’s good to remind ourselves of who we are....We have a long history of radical thought and action and are rebellious in nature. We won our freedoms while at our most rebellious and while we sit at home and watch Eastenders they take them all back. It is no accident that many of the ideas of individual liberty and freedom that have helped shaped the modern world first took root in our land and from our people. Freedom of thought and action, taking a stand and not allowing those above to impose their views on us below - the tail should not wag the dog. We should embrace all these things because we forget them at our peril.

And the rest of it...Established 449. The Anglo-Saxon chronicle gives this date as the landing on these shores of Hengest and Horsa, the fathers of the English nation.

"I understand, and admire the English, they have a healthy disrespect for authority, you tell an Englishman not to do something, and what does he do, he goes right away and does it!" - Winston Churchill

 

Rebel English T-shirt - Chestnut 

Rebel English T-shirt - Forest