Reply With QuoteMy Church fawsley ,from 1983
Today being a non-day Sunday I was tidying shoe shelf.
When I came across my old Joseph Cheaney Avon’s from 1989 that are still used regularly it got me thinking about who has old, still used regularly, shoes.
I also still have a pair of Loakes 747 last (bulled up) parade shoes with ¼ heel steel tips - Google it if you don’t know what that means - from mid 1981. But they are seldom, if ever, worn these days.
Anyone want to add and contribute?
Jim
My Church fawsley ,from 1983
You need some shoe trees!Originally Posted by Dr.f
My Church fawsley ,from 1983
Those have been run through the mill!
I rarely wear these jungle boots any more, but I've had them since new in early 1967:
Now we miss Henk.
Jeez, they're older than me - and probably look less worn! ;-)Those have been run through the mill!
I rarely wear these jungle boots any more, but I've had them since new in early 1967:
That’s impressive!!! Respect.Those have been run through the mill!
I rarely wear these jungle boots any more, but I've had them since new in early 1967:
Jim
Like them! Who do you get to refurb them?? I send all mine back to cheaney’sMy Church fawsley ,from 1983
Jim
No photos as I've forgotten how to post them, but I have a pair of Tricker boots, given to me by the future Mrs grey as a 21st birthday present in 1965. One reason I keep them is that they were probably made from the skin of some endangered or now extinct species, and they might be the only remaining evidence of its existence. I also have a pair of Lotus Veldtschoen from 1967, when Lotus were still considered a brand worth mentioning, by Ian Fleming in his James Bond books.
My oldest pair of shoes are also veldtschoen - made by Technics, if I'm not mistaken. Bought in the officer's shop in Blackdown Barracks in 1986.
They're due a refurb for the winter.
I have a recollection that the Lotus factory was in Stafford rather than Northampton - or did they have more than one?
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
Lotus shoes were a quality brand back in the day.
I have an old pair of K shoes which my later father owned and sadly never got round to wearing.
Jim
I think you are correct. They had factories in Stafford, then Stone and finally Northampton which merged to form Lotus Ltd just after WW1.My oldest pair of shoes are also veldtschoen - made by Technics, if I'm not mistaken. Bought in the officer's shop in Blackdown Barracks in 1986.
They're due a refurb for the winter.
I have a recollection that the Lotus factory was in Stafford rather than Northampton - or did they have more than one?
🇺🇸 huge respect!Those have been run through the mill!
I rarely wear these jungle boots any more, but I've had them since new in early 1967:
+1!!
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