Nokia, the Finnish cellphone company, used to be a bootmaker, so the competitions have a pleasing synergy. |
This well-crafted and engaging novel tells the story of Henry Townsend, a black bootmaker and former slave who becomes a slave owner during the 1800s in Virginia. |
Richard Harris was the blacksmith, Joshua Iredell and Thomas Wood were the publicans, Spencer Kelly the bank manager and Alfred Rutter the local bootmaker. |
Seven months after the death of the bushman and bootmaker RM Williams, his family is selling some of the bits and pieces he's kept in his sheds. |
The eldest daughter of an alcoholic, self-important Lancashire bootmaker marries his boot-hand and sets up a rival business. |
Its first residents were Christopher Sharam, a bootmaker, and his wife Ellen. |