What inspired you to collect cards? I'll kick it off: here's a Youtube video of a scary event that inspired me to collect.

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Yeah, I had tea cards but they didn't really do it for me. It was when I saw the old cigarette cards that got me interested the most in card collecting.  My half-brother was fanatical about collecting Marvel comics, so I might have been influenced by him as well.

I don't remember really as I was very young at the time.  We drank Lyons tea and I collected some of the "Australia" cards.  I think I still have them somewhere.  Probably I was encouraged by my mother.  I remember getting upset when she decided to switch to PG tips and I couldn't complete the set.  I vaguely remember collecting Freshwater Fish and I haven't stopped since.

I can vaguely remember my grandparents collecting Brooke Bond Wild Birds of Britain in 1965. My first independent foray was the FKS World Cup 1974 sticker set (with a little help from Grandad). In fact I made up two sets and stuck them into the album with slithers of clear tape not wanting to ruin the stickers with glue. It did not occur to me that 40 years later, when I removed the stickers, the tape would have stained them! I still have them today in an album properly protected and taking pride of place in my collection.

 i can remember collecting brooke bond  history of the motor car. the collecting bug really took of with  the sun soccer stamps. perforated stickers really. one of the  the best football card /sticker sets. took a long time to complete  a set i still have