Category Archives: Human Interest

Alison Hilton walks The West Highland Way
Fourth generation Rose family member Alison Hilton has recently completed a walk of The West Highland Way, following in the footsteps of her late father Dick Rose. Read her story here.

5th Generation Rose Family Work Experience
Meet Sarah Whittaker who joined us recently for work experience.

Can you see a calendar in your mind?
Calendar Synaesthetes are a small minority of people who can see the year, months and days quite clearly in their mind. Scanning forwards and backwards through the months, just like an actual calendar, dates are visualised in many ways. Read more about this interesting phenomenon.

Pineapple the Penguin is adopted through Calendars
A lucky competition winner has recently taken delivery of a special adoption package of a penguin named ‘Pineapple’. Find out who the winner is and why she chose adoption over an experience day.

Saying Goodbye after 50 years at Rose Calendars
Earlier in June we said farewell to someone who has been with our company for half a century. We bid farewell to our colleague John after 50 years of service with the company.

Dick Rose – Making a Difference
On the anniversary of the death of Dick Rose, we remember a dear friend and colleague and the contribution he made to the business and charities.