Boys Shoes With A Compass In !

mikey4444 | 10:21 Mon 13th Oct 2014 | ChatterBank

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We have just had a very animated conversation about some shoes that I had as a boy.

When I was a lad in the 60's, I nagged my poor Mum for some Clarks shoes, that had a compass hidden in the heel. All the boys at school had them and
I desperately wanted a pair as well. My 13 year old nephew thinks they are the silliest idea that he ever heard of and accuses me of making things up ! This is rich coming from someone who has never had to learn to tie a shoe lace and uses velcro instead !

Can anybody remember what these shoes were called ?

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SlackAlice

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https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/historical-places-in-thurrock/wayfinder-shoes-made-at-bata-east-tilbury

10:23 Mon 13th Oct 2014

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stuey

Perhaps they had a cell phone in the other heel:)

hc4361

Anyone remember the girls' jeans with a small bell sewn in to the bottom of one leg? I think they were called Jingles.

janbee

I suppose it was an early form of SatNav

dinki

I remember having a pair and as a girl hated them. They were something like Pathfinders, my parents bought them for me to take part in school activity called climbing club. I got hypothermia the first expedition we went on and I never went again, had to wear the shoes out though.