Shoes and Clothes

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Shoes and Clothes in the past

Buying new clothes or shoes is not easy. There are so many decisions you have to make - which shop, which brand, which style, which colour?

In the past, people did not have so many choices. They owned fewer clothes. There were less shops to go shopping in and less colours and styles to choose from.

In our grandparents' time, when you needed shoes you went to the shoemaker. If you needed a new suit of clothes you may have visited the local tailor. Let's learn more about the shoemaker and the tailor.