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Can anyone read this handwriting?
- Thread starter Joanna
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Michael_Ingram
gone but not forgotten
It's CORDWAINER
A cordwainer (or cordovan) is somebody who makes shoes and other articles from fine soft leather. The word is derived from "cordwain", or "cordovan", the leather produced in Córdoba, Spain. (This has no connection with the so-called "Corinthian leather" used in the Cordoba automobile.) Historically, there was a distinction between a cordwainer, who made shoes, and a cobbler, who repaired them. However, this distinction gradually weakened, particularly during the twentieth century, with the predominance of shoe retailers who neither made nor repaired the shoes themselves.
A cordwainer (or cordovan) is somebody who makes shoes and other articles from fine soft leather. The word is derived from "cordwain", or "cordovan", the leather produced in Córdoba, Spain. (This has no connection with the so-called "Corinthian leather" used in the Cordoba automobile.) Historically, there was a distinction between a cordwainer, who made shoes, and a cobbler, who repaired them. However, this distinction gradually weakened, particularly during the twentieth century, with the predominance of shoe retailers who neither made nor repaired the shoes themselves.
Michael_Ingram
gone but not forgotten
Here's the image
Lynda Harvey
Brummie Born and Bred
Isn't it great to have such help from this forum. All the more reason to give them the thanks they deserve. Glad Joanna found her answer.
Lynda
Lynda