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Panini Euro 2016 And The Adult Collectors

Grown adults swapping stickers in the pub car park.

2016 ⚽ Sport Still going
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Panini Euro 2016 And The Adult Collectors

Sticker collecting came back as an adult hobby, with organised swap meets and spreadsheets.

Facebook groups coordinated swaps nationally. People posted stickers to strangers and it worked, because sticker people are fundamentally decent.

The album was completed by more adults than children, which says something about which decade those adults grew up in.

Cost back then

80p a packet

Goes for now

Around £1, and the habit has not gone away

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