I remember Clark’s shoes, had a look in a Clarks outlet shop a whiles back, can’t say the shoes on display were special, bit drab I thought with little choice
Shoes recently have been bought on line from Deichmann, who seem to offer a variety of styles I like, prices seem okay too as is the quality
I seem to recall a shoe called Pathfinder I think…was that a Clarks shoe ? The shoe had animal prints on the sole with a compass in the heal…Wow, yep that then were the shoe
I recently ordered a pair of Green Desert Boots , but had a phone call to say they were sold out in that colour,not from Clarks i hasten to add .
I wanted that colour to go with my recent jeans buy . the suede looks soft and being ankle boots would support my foot and ankle .No Sand in my neck of the woods at this time of writing .
As regards where they are made its no surprise , not alot made in England or Uk anymore , which someone should get a licking for , was it the unions that wanted a better wage for the workers that did it .Or the Business who wanted more profit .
I can remember we could not afford them, the Provident Cheque would not stretch to that.
On the very rare occasion I am fortunate enough to find a shoe to fit me in Hotter’s Shoes, I will usually but 2prs if they are in stock. Their shoes are made in UK as their site explains. Other than Hotter, I have to buy from across the pond due my my size of 14 to 15 and have them shipped over.
Hotter colleagues make shoes in our UK factory and ship them across the globe from our distribution centre.
Twice the size of mine but oddly my feet have shrunk two sizes which I find very weird. 
Clarks shoes, yes remember them very well. In fact I am wearing a pair right now. They were the only really comfortable shoes I could find a while back. In the past I have bought Loakes shoes but the cost nowadays would I guess be prohibitive. My children always had Clarks as they offered a measuring service, very important for looking after children’s feet as they grow so quickly.
If anyone is interested in reading about their history see the link below,
also shown is their online selection of products:
Well, I’m a big bugger …err, sorry, fella, and the feet came along with the rest of me. I cant see feet shrinking, but maybe shoe sizes changed when the EU brought metric into the equation.
Haven’t bought shoes since I retired. I have one pair of black shoes from M&S (yes @MrFraggle67 the letters are the right way round 
) which double for funerals or weddings.
Nowadays I’m wearing trainers or flip flops.
Used to have Clarke’s shoes when I was a kid as you could get them in various widths. 
When my daughters were younger they only wore Clarks shoes. Then one morning we came down to find out Dachshund had eaten way over £100’s worth.
When I was a kid that the only place we bought our shoes.
There is a difference betwen the old UK size & the newer EU sizing. But for me it is the wrong way round. I always used to be a size 11, which equates to a fraction under a size 46. But now I have to wear a size 12, as that is what they sell as a 46.
I can assure you that I went from around size 9 to around a size 7 I also lost around an inch and a quarter off my height, I hate to think about my other bits.
Nowt to do with the EU I don’t think but who knows it was after cancer treatment a decade ago when I first noticed I seem to be disappearing.
They start at just under the ton if you shop around which isn’t too bad for a quality handmade pair of shoes when you compare them to the £70-odd plus that a pair of Clarks shoes cost nowadays.
I know which I’d rather have, and it isn’t Clarks.
I agree with you about the cost relative to Clarks, these that I have now were about £65. I bought a pair of Loakes in the days when it was a suit and tie or at the very least smart casual clothes every day. Nowadays being retired so no longer in business either, smart clothes have been replaced by comfortable jeans and a shirt so there’s no longer the need. I have yet to even own a pair of trainers!
Ah, right. Over the years my height fell an inch from my original 6’ 6" (likened to a brick sh!t house) and my wife went from 4’ 10" to an inch under too, so loss must be expected as out body ages. As for your chemo. I have no experience so cannot comment.
Surprisingly our height reduces every day due to our joints, particularly our spines, compressing with our weight and any movement during that time. When I worked permanent night shifts I always had to adjust the car’s interior rear-view mirror in the mornings, before driving home.
I got shoes, you got shoes, seem to remember that, it must mean something, maybe the inability to afford Clark’s. 
I visited their HQ and main factory in Malaysia about 12yrs ago but things might have changed since then.
I just looked it up - Bata are a Czech company so obviously even countries that once were considered cheap to manufacture in are finding Asia even cheaper
