Lee

When it’s busy at work and not being bothered is a priority, wearing a hoodie and wielding a massive knife would appear to be a worryingly good move.

Usual, and yet nicely unusual.

With so much stuff now mass produced and made elsewhere, the sight of someone actually making leather shoes by hand is really quite striking. Entering the tiny workshop also felt like stepping back in time, and in some ways it was, as the shoemaker’s grandfather started the business way back in the mid-1930s. But, like so many other old school setups, when the current owner finally decides to call it a day, the decision will also put an end to all that history.