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Going down the Rabbit Hole

Going down

David Williams tells is about his hunt for classic Euros mascots

Most men have a midlife crisis of some sort. Buying a sports car, motorcycle or squeezing into lycra and spending a fortune on a carbon-fibre bike seem to be favourite pastimes.
I went down a different rabbit hole: I bought football tournament mascots. This culminated in Albärt arriving the other day, joining my ever growing collection. He is a teddy bear with an over-sized head and a suitably big smile and is now filling a third of the mascot display case I bought last year.
Buying Albärt is far easier than acquiring the olde...

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