Memory of those quietly retired line of work - the repair of shoes

"The survival of the fittest, the competition for the survival of the fittest" is the famous words of the British biologist Huxley, applying this famous saying, explaining the survival of a craft, a profession, the reason for the abolition of the industry, with the "competition for the survival of the fittest, the use of the survival of the fittest," the eight-word answer, say

In the history of the world's most important cities, there is a need for a new way of thinking about the world, and that's why we're here.

In the long river of history in the Taoist river, in the selection of heavenly objects selection, many lines of work due to the disappearance of social needs to be eliminated, was sent to the museum, put into the memory of the time bottle, which is more than normal.

Shoe repair is a typical practice of our laboring people to practice the theory of "three years new, three years old, three years sewing and mending", which was a quite popular industry in the past, but now, although there are still people repairing shoes, but after all, the demand is not as big as before.

Memory of shoe repair is an awl, scissors, knives, hammers, nails, nails, shoe crutches, plus a pile of broken leather, a ball of string and a few conveyor belts or horse-drawn tires cut off the rubber, bicycle tires. Shoe repair "side business" is to repair the bag, repair zipper.

At that time, most of the shoes were handmade cloth shoes, and the upper was usually "pure clothing nylon", and then the higher level was striped velvet. The soles of the shoes were handmade from rags of worn-out clothing framed into gussets, which were not wearable. It was not uncommon for the toe of the shoe to be pushed out of the toe, the heel of the foot to break the upper, and the sole to be worn thin and breathable. It is not easy to make a pair of shoes, surely can not be thrown away, let the shoemaker to make a patch, nail a shoe palm, but also can be worn as usual.

Into the eighties, wearing leather shoes more up, when I was attending college, students bought new leather shoes after the general have to nail an iron palm, a horseshoe-shaped, just to protect the entire outer edge of the heel. Some are slightly smaller, the outer edge of the semi-oval, only protect part of the heel, the top three nail eyes, nailed to the heel. Walking on the road "click" only sound, will immediately attract the attention of the eyes, the wind to the extreme.

Now men's shoes nailed iron palm of the situation, I'm afraid there is no longer. Especially with the improvement of living standards, shoe repair is less and less people, repair shoes this craft is afraid that there is no one in the state.

August 5, 2021 16:45:58