Giles Andreae upper second class degree. In 2006 Andreae worked alongside Blunderbus Theatre Company (Nottinghamshire) to adapt his story "Giraffes Can't Dance" to bring it to stage. The company toured this story across the UK. Purple Ronnie is a cartoon character used in greetings cards, T-shirts and other merchandise. Drawn in a simple stick man style with a smiley face and a large oval body, Ronnie is usually shown as a comic poet, the cartoons' rhyming captions being written in a simple style and including mild taboo language. Purple Ronnie cards were first sold in 1987. The character was later used in
Vimto Drinks, a division of Nichols plc. Nichols moved out of manufacturing in 2003 when it closed its final production site in Golborne. Vimto is also manufactured under licence in Saudi Arabia in Dammam City, Yemen and The Gambia. A "Sunday Times" article claims that it is considered to be the most popular drink during the holy month of Ramadan in some Arab countries. The drink was also made under licence in the United Kingdom by A.G. Barr in 1996. In 2014 the recipe of Vimto Fizzy was changed to include Acesulfame K and Sucralose. Ellis Wilkinson Mineral Water facilitated the