Cobblers

simong · Post by **simong** » Thu 19 Nov, 2009 10:01 am

There's one on Yeadon High Street. His shop seems to be a wooden shack on the end of a row. It definitely looks well used and he's still ridiculously cheap - most keys are £2-3.

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Thu 19 Nov, 2009 10:37 am

jeffn wrote: My dad and his brother, Rob, were both cobblers.dad used to work for Coombes(sp), Uncle Rob had a shop in the markets, before they burnt down, and also had a shop on Selby Road.When my dad retired he got a shed built in the back yard and bought a heap of shoe repairing gear, nothing unusual to see him walking down to the Adrian Social Club with a sack full of repaired shoes for the locals.On my birth certificate it showed my dads employemnt as a Journeyman. Anyone know why a cobbler would be known as a journeyman? Did they have some distance to travel to get to work? LOL!

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Thu 19 Nov, 2009 10:50 am

stutterdog wrote: jeffn wrote: My dad and his brother, Rob, were both cobblers.dad used to work for Coombes(sp), Uncle Rob had a shop in the markets, before they burnt down, and also had a shop on Selby Road.When my dad retired he got a shed built in the back yard and bought a heap of shoe repairing gear, nothing unusual to see him walking down to the Adrian Social Club with a sack full of repaired shoes for the locals.On my birth certificate it showed my dads employemnt as a Journeyman. Anyone know why a cobbler would be known as a journeyman? Did they have some distance to travel to get to work? LOL! Journeyman is a term meaning a skilled, i.e. apprentice trained worker, who is employed in his trade rather than working self-employed. The word is derived from the French "journee", meaning "by the day".

alanlad · Post by **alanlad** » Thu 19 Nov, 2009 9:32 pm

There is cobblers ie. shoe repairers, in Leeds Market just below the fishmonger stalls. They also make a very good job of stretching footwear (the cobblers not the fishmongers lol) Forgot their name...think it begins with a 'B'.

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Thu 19 Nov, 2009 10:00 pm

Uno Hoo wrote: Geordie-exile wrote: That has to be the *last* pun on this thread. More like footnotes, I would have said. I suspected this thread would be "laced" with them...

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Thu 19 Nov, 2009 11:10 pm

raveydavey wrote: Uno Hoo wrote: Geordie-exile wrote: That has to be the *last* pun on this thread. More like footnotes, I would have said. I suspected this thread would be "laced" with them... OK> Put a sock in it now lads!

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Fri 20 Nov, 2009 12:53 am

stutterdog wrote: raveydavey wrote: Uno Hoo wrote: Geordie-exile wrote: That has to be the *last* pun on this thread. More like footnotes, I would have said. I suspected this thread would be "laced" with them... OK> Put a sock in it now lads! Only after I've re-booted.

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Fri 20 Nov, 2009 8:26 am

I hear there's a cobbler in Sandal. [toe]cap that!

Uno Hoo · Post by **Uno Hoo** » Fri 20 Nov, 2009 12:07 pm

Geordie-exile wrote: I hear there's a cobbler in Sandal. [toe]cap that! Oh My Galosh!

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Fri 20 Nov, 2009 12:19 pm

Uno Hoo wrote: Geordie-exile wrote: I hear there's a cobbler in Sandal. [toe]cap that! Oh My Galosh! You must really all come to heel!