To follow on from our last blog about skins here is a small read about Ska which was music for the British mods and skinheads. If you didn’t know Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 50’s and early 60’s and was precursor to rock steady and reggae, combining elements…
This may take you down memory or if you don’t know and have lived under a rock your whole life the original Skinhead was a member of a sub culture among the working class youth of the 60s in London. Within a few years this spread though out the rest of the UK. Over a…
On this day we’re all British for 24 hours. Within that English flag of the red and white cross holds a symbol of legends and the national identity of pride, The legend of St George and the dragon describes the Saint taming & slaying a dragon that brought hell to us with the demands of…
It’s nearly that time where we need to press that refresh button, a little F5 goes along way. Sun Sea and S.. can be very important to our mental health and some might say that it’s as important as breathing or putting one foot in front of the other or even just being up right….
This is a great time of year, Easter symbolizes many positive notions for most. One being the start of better weather, another is the Christian festival commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead which in the New Testament was written that it had occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion…
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always wanted to wear HI-TEC footwear. One day I climbed a mountain wearing HI-TEC waterproof boots, do you know why? It was out of respect… We have sold HI-TEC Footwear for decades and have much respect for their family run business. We appreciate how hard it can be…
Our stand alone store is named after one of the most famous mountains in the world. Ben Nevis is the Highest mountain in Scotland with the summit at 1,345 metres above sea level and is the highest land for 459 miles, seeing the worst sorts of weathers these shores have ever seen. So being an…
2022 is the year to get back to normal, so lets celebrate this loving day with the people that mean the world to us and even animals we care about. We believe Love should be all year round but there is something extra special on this day that makes us have butterflies and excitement, whether…
Apparently in the history archives the Parka style jacket was invented by Noel Bibby of Peter storm LTD in the early 1960’s. But diving deeper in to the history books it would suggest that the Parka jackets originated earlier. The word ‘Parka’ actually means ‘animal skin’ and came from the arctic region’s of the world…
This Chinese New year falls on the 1st Feb. Also known as Spring Festival and Lunar New Year, based on the lunar solar calendrer, which varies year to year and is represented by one of 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac, with this year being represented by the mighty Tiger. The London Chinatown Chinese Association (LCCA)…
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