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nirvana
coventry
31 of 82  Thu 13th Mar 2014 5:57pm  

I remember the Cobblers on the Bell Green Road just over the navigation bridge, he was only about 4ft 10 and his name was George Buggins.
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Foxcote
Warwick
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32 of 82  Thu 13th Mar 2014 7:41pm  

Thanks bernie1 for adding another local Cobbler Thumbs up The shop sounded close to the "Navigation Inn" and I wonder if Dreamtime used to take her "High Heels" to be repaired by Mr. Buggins!
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mickw
nuneaton
33 of 82  Thu 13th Mar 2014 8:00pm  

I hope Dutchman can help here, there was a shop next to All Saints Church in Far Gosford Street opposite Bramble Street which I recall being a cobblers in the 60s Cheers Cheers
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dutchman
Spon End
34 of 82  Thu 13th Mar 2014 8:44pm  

Afraid not Mick and I probably walked past it every day as well! Blush
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artful
lancashire
35 of 82  Thu 13th Mar 2014 9:50pm  

You're right with the one on Barker Butts Lane - Three Spires Avenue corner, Morgana.
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deanocity3
keresley
36 of 82  Thu 13th Mar 2014 10:07pm  

Gibney's Hill Street
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mickw
nuneaton
37 of 82  Fri 14th Mar 2014 12:24pm  

The shop I remember, well more of a house really, was definitely next to All Saints Church and always had leather bags and goods outside for sale. They repaired bags too but I have a very distant memory of going there with my dad to collect a pair of repaired shoes, it was over 50 years ago so like I said a very distant memory, the old grey matter needs a bit of a jolt these days Cheers Cheers
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
38 of 82  Fri 14th Mar 2014 12:35pm  

On 13th Mar 2014 7:41pm, Foxcote said: Thanks bernie1 for adding another local Cobbler Thumbs up The shop sounded close to the "Navigation Inn" and I wonder if Dreamtime used to take her "High Heels" to be repaired by Mr. Buggins!
My mum would have, Foxcote, but I didn't although I do remember the shops beyond the bridge. Before I was married my 'high heels' went in for an overhaul at the one on Jubilee Crescent and I am blowed if I can remember their trade name. Wave
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morgana
the secret garden
39 of 82  Fri 14th Mar 2014 2:06pm  

On 13th Mar 2014 9:50pm, artful said: Your right with the one on Barker Butts Lane --Three Spires Avenue corner Morgana.
Thank you Artful
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dutchman
Spon End
40 of 82  Fri 14th Mar 2014 3:21pm  

On 14th Mar 2014 12:24pm, mickw said: The shop I remember, well more of a house really, was definitely next to All Saints Church and always had leather bags and goods outside for sale. They repaired bags too but I have a very distant memory of going there with my dad to collect a pair of repaired shoes, it was over 50 years ago so like I said a very distant memory, the old grey matter needs a bit of a jolt these days Cheers Cheers
Sounds a lot like the tiny shop that used to be near the top of Gosford Street? They repaired shoes but I wouldn't call them a "cobbler's" as such. Their main business was leather goods - handbags and belts - and the smell of leather in the shop was totally overpowering. They were forced to move circa 1965 when the extension to the College of Art was built.
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dave owens
california usa
41 of 82  Tue 16th Sep 2014 11:46pm  

Hi,Tricia, I used to live across the road from that shoe repair shop, at 64 King Edward Road. You're absolutely right about smell of leather, I loved that smell! I street viewed the road not long ago and saw that the shop is now a private residence.
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dave owens
42 of 82  Wed 17th Sep 2014 12:00am  
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mayjan
43 of 82  Wed 17th Sep 2014 10:14am  
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dave owens
44 of 82  Wed 24th Sep 2014 4:57am  
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walrus
cheshire
45 of 82  Wed 24th Sep 2014 9:13am  

I remember little George Buggins' shop on Bell Green Road, it was a wooden contraption next to Maslin's paint and decorating supplies shop. We would always bang on the window as we passed and he would shout at us to ****** off! I always thought he was a miserable so and so but when you weren't trying to make his life a misery he was a nice chap. I learned later that he was the bookie's runner and did nicely from the Morris workers.
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