The cobbler is 54, young in a business that has grown old. His only child, a son, has already told him he won’t be taking over the family business when his father retires. It’s an honorable profession ...

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For me, there is always something fun and interesting about plowing through a volume of the city directories that were published for this region from the 1860s until the early 1980s. For this column, ...

When you think about shoe cobblers, the image that comes to mind likely involves a multi-generational shop run by an old-timer hunched over a pair of brogues. For the most part, you’d be totally right ...