I don’t have a buying “theme” as such – well besides my beloved peacocks of course! No, I just buy what interests me. Take this helmet, for example. It’s a Jofa ice hockey helmet and it looks circa 1980’s but don’t quote me on that lol. I bought it because it’s so retro, it sparked my interest. Call me nostalgic but it took me back to my glory years of chopper bikes, and skateboards and the hot city streets of my childhood, in Manchester. It’s got a skateboard sticker on this very helmet, so somebody used it for that also, how exciting, what a journey it’s been on.
Think Nicole Kidman in BMX Bandits of the early 80’s when her curls were unfettered. Think Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze and Keane Reeves in Youngblood, before they dirty danced and Bill and Ted’d and St Elmo Fired. Apparently this film was an Ice hockey drama, at its finest! Think of your childhood, if you’re of a certain age too .. oh the memories this helmet brought back. I wonder what stories it could tell? 🦚