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Blakey's 2 Shoe Last


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      Creator(s):
Greenhill, V

Description: Cast iron shoe last with a heel , toe and two sizes of sole used to repair or make shoes. Inscribed on the shoe last is registered Blakey's , 4-10-84, No 14444. The label attached to the object reads, " Boot and shoe repairing equipment used by Westbury's last cobbler". Mr Wally Winiarz operated a business in the eastern end of Mehegans Store in Lyall Street in the 1950s.

Format: Pictorial and artistic works
Object: photographs
Material: cast iron

Titles:
Blakey's 2 Shoe Last

Subjects: shoesshoemakingshoemakers

People/Orgs: Winiarz, Wally

Institution: Westbury Historical Society

Object number: WEHS_0078

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