shoe repairs

[saundra]

i saw a program about shoes being repaired
and i wonder does anybody have shoes mended these days
i used to love the smell of the shoe shop new leather
i think its a dying art

[Aggers]

I suppose it's a sign of an affluent society, but I haven't had a pair of shoes repaired for donkey's years.

When I was a lad, my father used to sole and heel all our shoes. I can remember all the special tools he used.

In our town we had a lovely old gentleman who had a shoe repair shop. I remember how he used to handle
the shoes with such loving care. When he was nailing soles on, he would put a handful of tacks in his mouth,
and eject them one at a time, as he hammered them in with, not a hammer, but a flat piece of steel. I spent
many a time watching him through his window.

Happy days !!!

[Kaz]

I get my boots repaired, that way they last me a few years Not shoes though................

[Workingman]

There is a guy in the Merrion Centre in Leeds who will repair anything - shoes, handbags, boots, wallets - you name it, he'll have a go. He is damned good and I use him often. He even repairs things that other places say are irreparable because.....

[Diflower]

I'm with Kaz, boots I'm happy to spend a fair bit on, knowing they'll last, and get them soled and heeled

[debih]

I get my boots repaired as and when they need it and I have a couple of favourite pairs of shoes that I have reheeled now and again.

I have handbags repaired too.

I have only ever had one pair of the girls shoes repaired - it just isn't worth it for the amount of time they wear them for.

[Kaz]

That's the thing Debih, in my experience children outgrow shoes long before they wear them out

WM there is a little repair shop in an alley behind one of the main streets in Gloucester - he also repairs almost anything, including handbags - we used to take in handbags sometimes from the shop, when customers needed a repair