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September 13th 2017

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‘YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT ANYTHING FOR CHILDREN AS LONG AS YOU'VE GOT HUMOUR...'

Happy Roald Dahl day! Never have we been so excited about a birthday other than our own!

No matter what you're doing today; hosting your own Roald Dahl party, raising funds for the Roald Dahl museum or simply reading your favourite book – it's a great time to reflect on the great adventures shared on the pages produced by our favourite author.

Do you prefer to pay homage in some awesome new threads? If so, we have a great range of exclusive Roald Dahl clothing, and some accessories to leave you feeling super nostalgic. Oh, did we mention we also have a whizzpopping 20% off all Roald Dahl products today? Simply enter: TYTDAHLDAY ...you're welcome.

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Transport yourself to new Worlds with the help of our range of Matilda clothing and accessories.

 

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September 13th 2016

Dahlicious Discount Inside...

Happy Roald Dahl Day everyone! Can you believe it?! 2016 marks a whizzpopping 100 years since the birth of one of our childhood heroes and the world’s number one storyteller, Roald Dahl.

Here at TruffleTowers we're celebrating this momentous occasion in style with a simply scrumdiddlyumptious 10% off all Roald Dahl goodies using discount code DAHLDAY.

Just simply apply the discount code at the checkout to start saving. It's that easy!

Roald Dahl Good Thoughts Speckled Rolled Sleeve Cropped T-Shirt - £22.49 with code

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September 13th 2013

Happy Roald Dahl Day! Here's 10 Facts You [Hopefully] Didn't Know

That's right peeps of the internets! It's Roald Dahl day today and we're busy celebrating one of the nations favourite authers in style with some of our fantastic retro Roald Dahl T-Shirts on and diving headfirst into the land of the man himself.

To help celebrate this big day, we've decided to pick out some cool Roald Dahl facts that's hopefully you won't already know, just to you can learn a little something new. Enjoy!

1) His first job wasselling kerosene in Midsomer Norton, he later went on to work for Shell while living in Kenya.

2) He was a Hurricane fighter pilot during World War II where he became a flying ace and intelligence officer, rising to the rank of wing commander.

3) He survived a plane crash! Struggling to find the airstrip, running low on fuel and with night approaching, he was forced to attempt a landing in the desert. The undercarriage hit a boulder and the aircraft crashed, fracturing his skull, smashing his nose and temporarily blinding him. He managed to drag himself away from the blazing wreckage and passed out. Later, he wrote about the crash in his first published work.

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