Wigan Album
Little Hope Street
16 CommentsPhoto: RON HUNT
Item #: 28825
Thanks to Trevor Smith for the photograph.
I remember those shoe-shops as if it were yesterday.
I remember the shoes I bought in those shops....,pointed toes and tall heels ......left me with deformed feet!!! I certainly couldn't wear them nowadays.
The last shoes I bought from one of those shops, Vb, (can't remember which), were yellow platforms around 1972!
I bought some black patent Platforms shoes Irene with yellow and red stripes on them! What were we thinking of ... Must have been crackers!?
Sadly,there aren't many good shoe shops now..theyve murdered Wigan.
Dolcis was a good shoe shop as well.
So many shoe shops and dress shops to choose from.
Can you imagine two shoe shops next door to each other these days!!!! The only class shoe shop in Wigan now is McNultys.
True, there used to be loads of shoe shops in Wigan, I can remember my Dad actually moaning about it!
When I was first married, being a good little Hubby. I would go shopping with my wife we would go into EVERY shoe shop in Wigan, which in the 1970's were quite numerous, after 4 hours of trolling round the shoe shops she would end up back in the first shop and buying the first shoes she had tried on.... I said to her "If I want a pair of shoes you can pick out for me any shoe shop and I will guarantee I can find a pair I like within 10 minutes".
What is it with women and shoes????
Wiganner..women are very selective..didn't you know that..maybe that's why she picked you lol.
Because, wiganer.....
Man wants but little here below,
And isn't hard to please,
But woman, bless her little heart,
Wants everything she sees!
Shoe Zone does it for me.
Been to McNulty's a few times for sensible shoes for work. Also remember Stylo's shoe shop -if only for the meeting point for the odd date!,,,Hahaha!
FHW sold Tuf shoes with a twelve month guarantee my mate Geoff took some back after 10 months having worn them at work all that time because the sole was nearly worn through...they exchanged them without question and gave him a brand new pair. Then the cheeky s*d asked if he could have the old ones back to use for work!!!!