Are you old enough to remember .....

[bots]

When shoe shops had feet x ray machines so you could check if your shoes fitted properly :skull:

I do :shocked:

[MTVN]

Can't you find out by trying them on

[bots]

Can't you find out by trying them on

that's too easy

[Cherie]

No :shocked:
That seems crazy

[bots]

https://americacomesalive.com/wp-content/uploads/shoe-fitting_1-1-1.jpg

[Beso]

Ive never heard of such a thing.

[thesheriff443]

Are you from a parallel world?

[Beso]

A what! A, pedo scope. Am I reading that right?

[Niamh.]

Can't you find out by trying them on

:laugh:

But no sorry BOTS even I'm not that old :fan:

[Crimson Dynamo]

No

i remember the one on the right tho

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/mcs/media/images/83066000/jpg/_83066659_shoemontage.jpg

[Cherie]

The one on the right yes, think that was still going when my kids got their school shoes

[bots]

It was clarks shoe shops where i remember seeing them and I think i was bombarded with x rays on a couple of occasions :laugh:

[Cherie]

That is so strange, you would expect that kind of advancement now, not some staff member pressing the tops of your shoes to find your toes

[Niamh.]

Yeah I wonder why they stopped? Too much time and effort maybe?

[bots]

Yeah I wonder why they stopped? Too much time and effort maybe?

its dangerous to have too many x rays, and you can bet the machines weren't shielded correctly, so the shop assistants were probably being irradiated on a daily basis

[Niamh.]

its dangerous to have too many x rays, and you can bet the machines weren't shielded correctly, so the shop assistants were probably being irradiated on a daily basis

oh god yeah, i didn't even think of that :skull:

[arista]

its dangerous to have too many x rays, and you can bet the machines weren't shielded correctly, so the shop assistants were probably being irradiated on a daily basis


Yes a Gimmick that had Real Danger

[Crimson Dynamo]

There was also a thing in Clarks that you put your foot in, like a box, and from all 4 sides meta came out till it hit your foot and it measured your width and size. I used to like that.

[Gusto Brunt]

Haha, no. Sounds like a 1950s sci-fi movie. :p

[rusticgal]

Can't you find out by trying them on


The x-ray showed they fitted in the right places and did not put pressure on bones and cause damage.

[rusticgal]

No

i remember the one on the right tho

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/mcs/media/images/83066000/jpg/_83066659_shoemontage.jpg


Yes me too...

[Zizu]

What about Kunzel Cakes !!??

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[Zizu]

No

i remember the one on the right tho

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/mcs/media/images/83066000/jpg/_83066659_shoemontage.jpg


Both ... my uncle ( and his brother ) ran the local shoe shop :)

Good job as well as I was always wearing out my pumps / plimsolls ( before trainers had been invented) and footie boots


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[Strictly Jake]

They still have those ones at the right at Clarks not quite the same as that but still a big plastic measuring contraption that really scared my kids no idea why