Object number
56/112
Description
These pliers are a cobbling tool used by a cobbler in Slinfold, West Sussex. They were used to stretch boots and shoes. The handles are inscribed 'LIGHTNING FULTON ILL'.
Physical description
pliers: metal
Archival history
Letter, Mrs FitzRandolph to MERL, 6th November 1955 - 'Our village cobbler has just given up work and in his workshop he has left a lot of equipment which, he maintains, is mine because it all belonged to the workshop which he took over complete from the former cobbler (who was also a bootmaker). There is his work stool, with a padded seat at one end, widening out at the other end to form a table or bench with little partitions fitted to make boxes for the nails; another low bench with similar fitted boxes, and a set of tools (which this man didn't use, having his own.) I imagine that the workshop was built and equipped by the first bootmaker, perhaps between 60 and 80 years ago. Would these benches and tools be of sufficient interest for preservation in your museum? ...'
Production date
1875-01-01 - 1899-12-31
Production period
Late-nineteenth century
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_7817.tif - High resolution image
