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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
6
The article notes three generations of Griffiths tracing their work with the same firm across 52 years. It contrasts past travel routines with modern merchant culture and recalls how travellers moved through rooms and corridors, exchanging shoes and stories as part of routine stays.
Numerous houses and lots offered for sale in town. Listings include 8, 6, and 5 room homes on Francis St Elizabeth St Burton Ave Victoria St Bradford St Burton Reid St William St Sophia St Owen St Bayfield St with prices from 850 to 2000 and terms like down payments and monthly payments. W G Thompson & Son advertise office 15 Owen St and phone 288.
A Barrie interview with Mr. Griffiths traces a shoe dealer’s life across nearly forty years. He recalls: old styles like pruneila congress and men’s split Bunkin, pegged and McNay sewn boots, and backroom shoemaking. Mentions geographic reach from North Bay to Owen Sound, evolving payment terms, and the rise of specialization and fashion.
The speaker recalls old selling seasons with packed shoe orders and loose stock, contrasts travel and fashion then versus now, and notes reading the Shoe and Leather Journal for trade trends, leather scarcity, and rising costs. He emphasizes experiential memories of decades past and ongoing industry observation.
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