Hi Ian I know you lived in the posh area of Royton but us lowly folk down Haggate wore clogs and went to Hancocks at the bottom of Sandy Lane to have them mended. HIs son didn't follow in his fathers footst eps he became a Chiropodist .In a kind of way I suppose he did being as they both were connected with feet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Winterbottom" <i.winterbottom@ntlworld.com> To: <LANCSLIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [LANCSLIFE] Clogs > Eileen love, there was a time when tha' Grandad were a big mon i't' > neyburood. A bit like the area "dealer" but he sowd what folk wanted/needed, > summat on't feet. Clog dancers be blowed, he was a Big Bloke in his time! > Ian > > My grandpa was a clogger, made all the different kinds. including the ones > > you mentioned and the ones with straps across and also the clogs for the > > Lancashire clog dancers. > > > > Eileen (St Helens) > > > ==== LANCSLIFE Mailing List ==== > Scouser.com: http://www.scouser.com/core.html > University of Liverpool: http://www.liv.ac.uk/ > Bolton links: http://bold.bolton.gov.uk/naughton/bolton.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >