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fromwww.cbc.ca
2 weeks ago

Toronto cobbler gets new machine to keep his business going thanks to local community | CBC News

Community support enabled a cobbler to purchase a new machine after his broke, highlighting the importance of local businesses.
Toronto
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 months ago

Community steps up to help Toronto cobbler when patching machine breaks down | CBC News

A Toronto cobbler received over $13,000 via a GoFundMe, enabling replacement of his 60+-year-old repair machine and preserving full shoe repair services.
fromMission Local
4 months ago

Nicolas Torres, who fixed the Mission's shoes for 33 years, has passed away

Sometimes, Yohana Quiroz would ask her father - a skilled cobbler, who had been studying the craft since he was a child - why he repaired things for customers with such perfection and attention to detail. "This is the customer's favorite bag," Quiroz remembers him saying. "This is the customer's favorite shoe. This is their favorite jacket. I need to fix it."
San Francisco
fromZDNET
10 months ago

This forgotten adhesive works better than superglue

Shoe Goo is an adhesive designed to repair shoes, repairing different materials like leather and rubber. It’s flexible, tough, waterproof and UV-resistant.
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