66/342

Fred Dixon (Manufacturer)

This is a child's clog. The sole is probably made of beech and was machine made in Yorkshire. The upper parts were made for a child, by Fred Dixon of Maryport, Cumbria.

1 clog (right foot): wood and rubber sole; leather upper; black in colour

MERL ‘Handwritten catalogue’ - ‘CLOG (right foot) - PERSONAL Clothing footwear // Miss Joan Hewitt, Maryport, Cumberland // [pencil drawing] Leather uppers with rubber sole and heel. Stretch length 7⅟10 inches, width across heel 2 6/10 inches, width across heel 1 8/10 inches.’, Photocopy of Printed Report - 'Hands On Learning with Reading Museum Service // Materials H540 // Child's clog // This is the right foot of a pair of clogs made for a child by Mr Fred Dixon, who lived in Cumbria in the mid-twentieth century. [...]'

Wood, Leather, Rubber