Difference in shoe sizes

[sidevalve]

ETA: wondering whatever happened to shoe repair/shoemakers. Maybe it's a dying art?

It's certainly an expensive one - it costs almost as much to re-heel a pair of shoes as to buy new

 

[Morning Glory]

ETA: wondering whatever happened to shoe repair/shoemakers. Maybe it's a dying art?

We do have quite a few in the UK. Most reasonably sized towns have one, There is a very successful chain of stores who do key-cutting as well.

 

[epicuric]

It's certainly an expensive one - it costs almost as much to re-heel a pair of shoes as to buy new

Possibly because most new shoes bought these days are made by children earning 6p per day.

 

[Karen W]

It's certainly an expensive one - it costs almost as much to re-heel a pair of shoes as to buy new

True. Sneakers and flip-flops probably drove them out of business as well.

 

[Karen W]

We do have quite a few in the UK. Most reasonably sized towns have one, There is a very successful chain of stores who do key-cutting as well.

They seem to be getting farther and fewer between here. I miss the musty, dusty, leathery smell, and the sign with a picture of a cat's paw outside of the shop. And the ticket they used to hand you with the day of the week marked off. Your shoes will be ready next Wednesday.

 

[Wyshiepoo]

Well I think we should take steps to ensure that shoe repair is available to all.

 

[Morning Glory]

Well I think we should take steps to ensure that shoe repair is available to all.

 

[Lullabelle]

Well I think we should take steps to ensure that shoe repair is available to all.

 

[Wyshiepoo]

 

[buckytom]

Well I think we should take steps to ensure that shoe repair is available to all.

Yes, we should not let the agony of defeat rob us of yet another simple but honest trade.

We are too quickly becoming a soulless civilixation.

 

[Yorky]

I find that the soles and heels are the last thing to go on my shoes. It's the upper body that suffers first. Maybe it's because I buy cheap shoes (about £25.00 - £30.00/pair).

 

[Morning Glory]

Yes, we should not let the agony of defeat rob us of yet another simple but honest trade.

We are too quickly becoming a soulless civilixation.

 

[Lullabelle]

This thread is becoming a load of old cobblers.

 

[Morning Glory]

This thread is becoming a load of old cobblers.

 

[Yorky]

This thread is becoming a load of old cobblers.

I hope that's the last one now.