WORDS: BOOTHY
Old versus new. Which tickles your fancy?
IMAGES:GARYCHAPPO, GARYBAILEY–PICMAN
When Ilook back nowIrealise my 1998 Christmas list might have been alittle bit ambitious.I couldn’t seethe appeal of yo-yos, Ialready had DrDoolittle onVHS and Ididn’t need anymoreLynxAfrica.All Iwanted for Christmas wasmytwo front teethand a Ya mahaYZF-R1 –Ididn’t think that wastoo muchtoask butFather Christmasobviously didn’tget the memo. To most sevenand a halfyear olds, anewlitresports bike might nothave made muchsense, buttome, even then, Iknewitwas agame changer.