The Shoe Museum

The Shoe Museum
Location within Somerset and the United Kingdom
Location Street, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°07′44″N 2°44′22″W / 51.1290°N 2.7394°W / 51.1290; -2.7394

The Shoe Museum in Street, Somerset, England exhibits shoes dating from the Roman era to the present day.

It shows the history of the Clark family and their company C&J Clark and its connection with the development of shoemaking in the town.

There is also a display of machinery used in footwear production,[1] and a selection of shop display showcards from the 1930s, 1950s and 1960s,[2] and television advertisements.[3]

The museum includes the first clogs worn by Gracie Fields and the wedding shoes of Diana, Princess of Wales.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shoe Museum". Information Britain. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  2. ↑ "The Shoe Museum, Street". Nothing to see here. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  3. ↑ "The Shoe Museum". Somerset Tourist Guide. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  4. ↑ Byford, Enid (1987). Somerset Curiosities. Dovecote Press. pp. 77–78. ISBN 0946159483.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, March 21, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.