We had never seen any photographs of when our parents
were younger before, so we were really excited! We
spend a couple of hours giggling and discussing his awful
choice in hairstyles and fashion, until we stumbled upon a
particular photograph. There was a photograph of my
father and three of his best friends from back in the
day, I looked down and noticed him wearing the exact
tatty boots that I spotted during our shopping trip! I
became extremely excited and asked my father questions
about them, he explained that they were extremely
popular Dr.Martens, and began to provide me with
information on how they came so popular.
After seeing that my father owned a pair of boots that
I had fallen in love with, the pestering began, I spent
weeks on end persuading my parents to buy me a pair of
my own, a pair that I could take places and make
memories in. You can imagine that this persuading took a
while, you know what parents are like – but after a few
months, and my father arrived home from work with the
best surprise! MY VERY OWN DR.MARTENS. I honestly
couldn’t believe my eyes, it wa