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Old 30th Nov 2017, 12:15 am   #18
Oldcodger
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Default Re: Does anyone know what this is?

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When asked what their job was people in Norwich would often say that they were "in the boot work". Many of them burned redundant shoe lasts on their open fires.
I do remember the old lasts, which were made of wood, but when I cleared out late dad's shed with what was left of his collection of lasts ( all metal), I'd have needed at least a 7.5-ton truck to take them away.
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