Featured Antique shoes wash up on beach.

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  1. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Hundreds of leather, hand-made shoes from a 150-year-old shipwreck have mysteriously washed up on a beach in Wales.

    The historical haul was discovered by volunteers cleaning up rock pools on Ogmore-By-Sea beach in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales last week on December 18.

    Nearly 450 of the shoes have so far been found.

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    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ystery-hundreds-Victorian-footwear-shore.html



    Some of the readers comments.

    "Poor old soles"

    "Collecting shoes washed up on beaches is an amazing feat"

    "I wonder how many feet under they were before emerging"


    :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
     
    daveydempsey, Dec 24, 2025
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  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    What..., no socks ?
     
    komokwa, Dec 24, 2025
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  3. Tiquer

    Tiquer Well-Known Member

    That's crazy!!
     
    Tiquer, Dec 24, 2025
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  4. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    What a odd cool story..Thanks for sharing
     
    Boland, Dec 24, 2025
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  5. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    Wonder what they'll do with them all... awl bet they could cobble together a little museum.
     
    Potteryplease, Dec 24, 2025
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  6. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    what no attempts at another shoe pun ?.....i'm very disappointed (shake head emoji)

    hang on..........think i might have one.........

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    (come on charley :rolleyes:).................................
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    ...........where the Feck did they Toe all that rubbish in from ?

    :cigar:
     
    charlie cheswick, Dec 24, 2025
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  7. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Those boots were made for washing...:singing:

     
    Bronwen, Dec 24, 2025
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  8. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Gives new meaning to 'Kinky Boots'.
     
    Bronwen, Dec 24, 2025
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  9. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    Delightful...can't imagine adding anything profound, tho'.
     
    wlwhittier, Dec 24, 2025
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  10. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    He says, coming from the deep.
     
    Bronwen, Dec 24, 2025
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  11. cxgirl

    cxgirl Well-Known Member

    cxgirl, Dec 24, 2025
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  12. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    Headline: "Loafers on the Beach Find Antique Boots" .... "Local curmudgeon calls sightseers 'a bunch of heels who don't need a platform.'"
     
    Potteryplease, Dec 24, 2025
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  13. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    Yikes!
     
    Potteryplease, Dec 24, 2025
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  14. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    thats what i'm twalking about ! (yep i've gone all new york)
     
    charlie cheswick, Dec 24, 2025
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  15. laura9797

    laura9797 Well-Known Member

    Well you know what music they were listening to when they washed up? That's right folks SOLE MUSIC! :p Sorry! Couldn't resist!!!
     
    laura9797, Dec 24, 2025
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  16. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    I'll just bet ..., not one of them fits !!:playful:
     
    komokwa, Dec 24, 2025
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  17. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Just as well it happened after Dec 5; St Nicholas would be bankrupted paying out 150 years' worth of candy and toys for all of that.
     
    evelyb30, Dec 24, 2025
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  18. kentworld

    kentworld Well-Known Member

    kentworld, Dec 24, 2025
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  19. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Watch your TONGUE :rolleyes:
     
    daveydempsey, Dec 24, 2025
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  20. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    Imagine the footwork it will take to stabilize those for display! Shoe-in for strangest shipwreck find if the year.
     
    J Dagger, Dec 24, 2025
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