Date:1st of January 1900 - 31st of December 1940 (c.)
Description:Wooden Shoe lasts (The term last comes from an old English word for footstep.) A last is a model of a foot and serves as a mold on which to make a shoe. Lasts for factory made shoes are usually made from cast iron.
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The Lotus factory on Longton Road manufactured ladies' shoes. The cutting room ...
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by ...
On 27 November 1987 Stone Division Guides held a mammoth fund raising event at G.E.C. ...
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The Lotus factory on Longton Road manufactured ladies' shoes. This photograph is of the lasting or ...
Bull dog pincer, used to grip the leather and strain the upper over the last. From a Stafford shoe ...
Wooden Shoe lasts (The term last comes from an old English word for footstep.) A last is a model of ...
Cardboard innersole, and metal shank in position. The metal shank resists excessive bending at the ...
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Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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