Leeds 'Boots for The Bairns Fund'

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Wed 27 Feb, 2008 12:44 pm

Apologies accepted and resignationwithdrawn!CheersArry

Post by **dsco** » Wed 27 Feb, 2008 1:07 pm

Good stuff - hope your missus is OK by the way Arry.dsco

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Wed 27 Feb, 2008 1:55 pm

Thanks for that, dsco. Just phoned the hosp.Nurse said she's through the op and 'resting'!Meanwhile, the washing up is piling up! (Kidding)Visiting her tomorrow aft with sitrep on the stateof the kitchen!CheersArry

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Wed 27 Feb, 2008 9:38 pm

dsco wrote: OK that's sorted - you can now post about Clogger Dick's to your heart's content without fear of being [edited for content].Just working out now if we can make it retrospective - i.e. put all the edited words back in... if not, I'll do it manually later this week.And apologies for any problems/irritation this has caused - I was obviously getting a bit overkeen on the word list. I do hope it won't cause your resignation from the site Arry!Cheers,dsco Can you post Scunthorpe? As in Typhoo put the T in Britain, who put the **** in Scunthorpe?

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Thu 06 Mar, 2008 5:07 pm

Hi Trojan!Was it the same bloke who put the P****in Penistone? LOL!Arry

fevlad · Post by **fevlad** » Thu 06 Mar, 2008 5:16 pm

I was born after world war two but I do remember wearing hob nailed boots-they were creat for sliding(slurring) on the concrete playground at school.Your dad would carry out running repairs on your shoes with pieces of lesather bought from the cobblers on a last. major repairs would be carried out by the cobbler-who also sold pit clogs.this came to an end when rubber soled shoes came out-my first were a pair of 'tuf townshoes'my wife's dad was a beneficiary of boots for the bairns. His father was gassed in world war one and earned a living as a rat catcher for the council-but was out of work a lot because of the state of his lungs.

Hats Off · Post by **Hats Off** » Thu 06 Mar, 2008 5:25 pm

My dad & uncles qualified for this scheme back in the 30's, been of humble (Skint) Hunslet stock. The class teacher would send the kids with no toes or soles in their shoes to see the headmaster, he would give them a chitty which was exchanged for boots at the local council office.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Thu 06 Mar, 2008 10:14 pm

fevlad wrote: I was born after world war two but I do remember wearing hob nailed boots-they were creat for sliding(slurring) on the concrete playground at school.Your dad would carry out running repairs on your shoes with pieces of lesather bought from the cobblers on a last. major repairs would be carried out by the cobbler-who also sold pit clogs.this came to an end when rubber soled shoes came out-my first were a pair of 'tuf townshoes'my wife's dad was a beneficiary of boots for the bairns. His father was gassed in world war one and earned a living as a rat catcher for the council-but was out of work a lot because of the state of his lungs. We had a last - and my dad would use it to put "segs" into my shoes -made at Blakey's Boot Protectors - I nearly got a job there in the sixties - was it up Tong Lane or Armley - can't remember - but I remember the "segs"

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Sat 08 Mar, 2008 4:16 pm

LO TrojanBlakey's Boot Protectors factory wason Carr Crofts, Armley. Near the Baths if I rememberrightly?I think you had a lucky escape not going to workthere! A real scab shop from what people toldme. They'd never heard of Health and Safetyin those days!I have hammered a few 'Segs' into my boots,also my kids' shoes. Helluva job when rubberand 'compo' soles came in! Ruddy things used to bounce back out again! I believe you can stillbuy them (carded) in Woolworths, along withPhillips' 'Stick on' rubber soles and round 'heels'which fixed to your shoe heel with a short screw.You could turn 'em round when the edge wore down!PS Can't abide 'trainers'! (hideous footwear in my opinion).

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Thu 07 Oct, 2010 12:32 am

arry awk wrote: LO TrojanBlakey's Boot Protectors factory wason Carr Crofts, Armley. Near the Baths if I rememberrightly?I think you had a lucky escape not going to workthere! A real scab shop from what people toldme. They'd never heard of Health and Safetyin those days!I have hammered a few 'Segs' into my boots,also my kids' shoes. Helluva job when rubberand 'compo' soles came in! Ruddy things used to bounce back out again! I believe you can stillbuy them (carded) in Woolworths, along withPhillips' 'Stick on' rubber soles and round 'heels'which fixed to your shoe heel with a short screw.You could turn 'em round when the edge wore down!PS Can't abide 'trainers'! (hideous footwear in my opinion). My dad worked down the pit and would bring home pieces of conveyor belt to repair our shoes with. Trouble was it was quite thick and would make you taller when you put the repaired shoes on!