if you thought it couldn't get worse

Baldybonce

Bowes the shoe shop in Charlton village has closed down.
Those of us brought up in Charlton would know its where you got your first DMs, Monkey boots and Desert boots.
Another Icon gone.

nth_london_addick

Only place I used to go for desert boots when j lived Sth

Charltonparklane

Shit, Adidas kicks were staples from there growing up.
Sad

stonemuse

Blimey, they've been there forever.

i_b_b_o_r_g

Baldybonce said:

Bowes the shoe shop in Charlton village has closed down.
Those of us brought up in Charlton would know its where you got your first DMs, Monkey boots and Desert boots.
Another Icon gone.

Remember sitting in there trying them on and me mum saying
"Now you're sure they fit"
"Wiggle your big toe"
"Walk up and down"

And I think they supplied me and me bruvs stanford sport shoes for the elite athlete, which were put to good use on the climbing apparatus at Fossdene Prep School

Macronate

Roland has bought it deliberately.

Clem_Snide

Utterly amazed it stayed open as long as it did!

Shame though.

Baldybonce

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

Baldybonce said:

Bowes the shoe shop in Charlton village has closed down.
Those of us brought up in Charlton would know its where you got your first DMs, Monkey boots and Desert boots.
Another Icon gone.

Remember sitting in there trying them on and me mum saying
"Now you're sure they fit"
"Wiggle your big toe"
"Walk up and down"

And I think they supplied me and me bruvs stanford sport shoes for the elite athlete, which were put to good use on the climbing apparatus at Fossdene Prep School

are Stanford sports shoes posh plimsolls?

i_b_b_o_r_g

Baldybonce said:

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

Baldybonce said:

Bowes the shoe shop in Charlton village has closed down.
Those of us brought up in Charlton would know its where you got your first DMs, Monkey boots and Desert boots.
Another Icon gone.

Remember sitting in there trying them on and me mum saying
"Now you're sure they fit"
"Wiggle your big toe"
"Walk up and down"

And I think they supplied me and me bruvs stanford sport shoes for the elite athlete, which were put to good use on the climbing apparatus at Fossdene Prep School

are Stanford sports shoes posh plimsolls?

Yeah ; )

Anna_Kissed

I used to like looking in the window and seeing the hand-written prices on the rectangular cardboard tickets. Where else can you purchase Monkey Boots, locally? What will it become of the shop now? A nail parlour? Betting shop?

DRAddick

Nooooooooo. Another part of my childhood gone. Still at least there'll always be CAFC......

Robbo on the wing

Clem_Snide said:

Utterly amazed it stayed open as long as it did!

Shame though.

agree

i_b_b_o_r_g

Don't know what happened to my suggestion of what I thought would become of the shop now? Just vanished into The Charlton Triangle.....

T_C_E

Another bit of my childhood gone, Runouts on the ferry, Crackling from the chippy, Lagertop in the Bugle, Football for Anchor Athletic and Springcourt, bunking in at the laundry by the Sam Bartram entrance.