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Old 05-07-2022, 06:53 AM   #1
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When shoe shops had feet x ray machines so you could check if your shoes fitted properly

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Old 05-07-2022, 07:25 AM   #2
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Can't you find out by trying them on
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Old 05-07-2022, 07:41 AM   #3
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Old 05-07-2022, 07:46 AM   #4
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Old 05-07-2022, 07:49 AM   #5
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Old 05-07-2022, 08:41 AM   #6
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Ive never heard of such a thing.
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Old 05-07-2022, 08:46 AM   #7
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Are you from a parallel world?
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Old 05-07-2022, 08:48 AM   #8
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A what! A, pedo scope. Am I reading that right?
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Old 05-07-2022, 09:18 AM   #9
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Old 05-07-2022, 09:22 AM   #10
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i remember the one on the right tho
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The one on the right yes, think that was still going when my kids got their school shoes
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It was clarks shoe shops where i remember seeing them and I think i was bombarded with x rays on a couple of occasions
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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
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Old 05-07-2022, 09:53 AM   #14
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Yeah I wonder why they stopped? Too much time and effort maybe?
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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
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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
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Yes a Gimmick that had Real Danger
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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.
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Haha, no. Sounds like a 1950s sci-fi movie.
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The x-ray showed they fitted in the right places and did not put pressure on bones and cause damage.
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i remember the one on the right tho

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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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
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