An atmospheric image of workers both young and old leaving the “School Boy Boot and Shoe Co.” on Marsh Road after shift.
Early Photo: Post 1905 (factory opened at this date) but early 20th Century
Recent Photo : January 2025
The factory (that is still remaining on site today – Jan.2025) is soon due to be demolished to make way for new housing. This will signify the end of the last tangible link to the industrial Boot and Shoe trade in the village. The trade employed many around the village from the late 1800s to late 1900s with the Marsh Road site starting as an offshoot of Durston & Garner’s Leicester factory around 1905 eventually becoming Vincent’s shoes, but known almost universally as the School Boy Boot & Shoe Co.
The house chimneys in the background are on Danvers road.