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albaqwerty | 10:51 Mon 10th Jul 2017 | ChatterBank
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Do you have a cobblers in your village/town/vicinity?

Ours, in the wee toon has diversified so much over the years that it was only week I'd noticed they had removed the little automaton(?) cobbler from the front window.
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sadly no ... i'd forgotten once that i'd left a pair to be repaired and jokingly called in two years later to enquire about them ... he said they'll be ready monday
11:00 Mon 10th Jul 2017
no, which in a place like the capital is criminal. we used to have one but its now another restaurant just what we didn't need.
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guess it's just another sign of this throw-away society Emmie.
Yes we do, and a Fishmonger, several independent Butchers and Greengrocers and a nutty little hardware store ( think 'Open all hours') which still has prices in 'old money' on some of their stock they've had it that long it's so old and quirky. I love it.
sadly no ... i'd forgotten once that i'd left a pair to be repaired and jokingly called in two years later to enquire about them ... he said they'll be ready monday




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ael, that's made me grin!! x

Kval, we had a quirky little shop, run by Turks (I think)
sadly, they were losing custom and closed.

Douglas, hate to break it to you, but AB is 24/7 lol
I think that's more "pants", doogie ...
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or even tripe SD :-)
i think nowadays its cheaper to buy a pair of shoes than get them mended
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Indeed Cuddlyone xx

(gawd, I sound like Teal'c!)
I guess we must be lucky as we have at least three in Swansea, including a Timpsons, although my nieces and nephews have no familiarity with repairing anything, unless its a Mobile phone.
the last "fork 'andles" shop here closed and is now a dentist !!
Yes we have a cobblers. He also does key cutting. We use him regularly.
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glad to know some folk still have them.

Cobbling must be a dying skill surely, great shame if it is.

I reckon the wee automaton must be glad to see the back of that nail he's been hammering in for decades and can give his wee shoulder a well deserved rest!
We have a couple, one is called "Cobblers To You."

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