29/06/2026
🌊 Who remembers pinning these to their sun hats and school bags? 🎒👇This vintage tin pinback badge instantly channels classic British seaside nostalgia. It takes us right back to summer trips down to Looe, Cornwall 🦈⚓Looe has a fascinating history as the historic "Shark Capital of the UK." During the coastal tourism boom of the 1960s and 1970s, local gift shops and aquariums were packed with these charming, hand-drawn keepsakes.This piece features the maker's mark of C. J. Wood of Bristol, who manufactured so many of the iconic novelty and souvenir badges of the mid-century era. The illustrated style has so much more character than today's plastic souvenirs!Drop a comment below if you remember collecting these on holiday! Which towns did you find?
