maybe i'm imaging it but when i was little and we went to the shoe shop we used to put our feet in a machine that took your shoe size the sides and ends would move towards you foot then tell you your shoe size
does anyone else no what i mean
2006-11-03 02:44:25 · 22 answers · asked by Well well 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
O MY DAYS! yea i remember that, it was always in clarks wen i was younger! that was the tecnology! i always thought they wer so kool and high tec and strangly scary at the same time....*sigh* oh the good old days...good times, good stuff...
2006-11-04 01:18:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Clarks shoe shop did it and so did Timsons, I thought I was getting some really cool shoes the first time I had my feet measured and all I ended up with were those horrible black lace up shoes by Tuff, don't know if you remember them, I scrapped mine all the way to school and back for weeks to try and wear them out, no wonder they were called Tuff shoes damn things lasted for an eternity.
2006-11-03 13:18:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The type you are talking about are still in use. I remember when I was a child, boy I've got a good memory, that there was a cabinet like box with a slot across the bottom. You stood on the platform at the front with your feet in the slot and looked in an aperture at the top. You could see your feet inside the shoes. It was like a green x-ray picture. No wonder I glow in the dark.
2006-11-03 05:06:52 · answer #3 · answered by Peter W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE FOOT CRUSHER!!! DUM DUM DUM (scary music etc etc)
The shoe shop was Clark's! I used to go there as a kid too and then ended up working there whilst at uni. The machines are really efficient now and work on a temperature detector or something like that. The kids still cry on about it just the same.
2006-11-05 07:48:46 · answer #4 · answered by 2160 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup - Clark's shoe shop at Charing Cross in Glasgow circa 1956. It was an x-ray machine (deadly and would be totally banned now)! The assistant looked though a special 'thing' and could see your feet inside your shoe! Then the thing you described would happen and 'Hey Presto!!' - shoe size. I'd forgotten all about that. Thanks!
2006-11-03 14:27:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and believe it or not we used to get an x-ray to show how our feet fit in the shoes!
You would step into this box and an x-ray image of your feet would appear on a screen so Mom could be sure there was plenty of room to grow into!
2006-11-03 11:09:19 · answer #6 · answered by JackJester 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yea i remember those. I t was like the best part about buying shoes when I was a little girl. I wish they still had them.
2006-11-03 02:49:28 · answer #7 · answered by wlissa_sweet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do, sensible shoe shops ( like Clarke's boo, hiss) had them. It was the best part of shoe shopping
2006-11-03 02:50:08 · answer #8 · answered by Kate J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes i remember and they still have them. Took my daughters last month for new winter shoes at Stead and Simpson and they thought it was great! (on a Clarks boycott at the mo, they are rubbish!)
2006-11-03 05:12:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They still have them. My son has been waiting to get on it, but he had not yet been able to as they only measure from size 10.
2006-11-03 06:02:13 · answer #10 · answered by FUGAZI 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋