Retail Industry
Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedClark's museum has more than magnetic appeal. (C&J Clark's Shoe Museum, Glastonbury, England)
Footwear News, February, 1990 by Collier, Andrew
Clark's museum has more than magnetic appeal
STREET, England (FNS) -- Just a few miles from the town of Glastonbury, where magnetic lines deep underneath the earth converge, attracting a wide body of mystic-seekers, lies the world's oldest shoe.
The connection between the 1,800-year-old shoe and the earth's magnetism may be tenuous, except a visitor to C.&J. Clark's Shoe Museum in Street is likely to pass through Glastonbury and be struck by the tide of post-1960s mysticists who continue to invade the town.
Clark's Shoe Museum holds a number of other oddities, apart from the crumpled shoe from 200 A.D. There is an ocelot-hair-covered ladies' shoe from 1940, a genuine fashion first (and last) from Clark's. A slipper covered in crimson velvet...
- 5 Rules for Immediate Annuities
- Death in the Family: 12 Things to Do Now
- Dumbest Things You Do With Your Money
- 6 Online Networking Mistakes to Avoid
- 401(k) Mistakes to Avoid
- 5 Economic Scenarios to Keep You Up at Night
- The Real ‘Best Places to Retire’
- Best Credit Cards for You
- 12 Tough Questions to Ask Your Parents
- The Real ‘Best Colleges’
- Home Buyer Tax Credit: How to Cash In
- Why You Shouldn't Bash Cash
- 8 Phony 'Bargains' and Better Alternatives
- Danger: 3 Debit Card Scams to Avoid
- 6 Myths About Gas Mileage
- 29 Fees We Hate Most
- Quick and Easy Ways to Boost Returns
- Best Stocks to Buy Now
- Lower Your Taxes: 10 Moves to Make Now
- New Jobs: 8 Lessons from Real-Life Career Switchers
- The New Job Market: Who Wins and Who Loses?
- Health Care Reform's Public Option: Everything You Need to Know
- Volunteer Work When Unemployed: Should You Work for Free?
- Whose Recovery Is This?
- Long-Term-Care Insurance: 4 Biggest Risks to Avoid
Most Recent Business Articles
- Samsung Mobile Highlights Mobile Innovation and Leadership at International CES 2010
- Qosmos Gains Momentum with Network Intelligence Technology
- Graphic.ly Debuts in Microsoft’s Keynote Address at Consumer Electronics Show
- Research and Markets: Construction Site Supplies Market in Russia: a Comprehensive Business Report
- Research and Markets: Overview of the Business & Enterprise Application Software and Services Market in Developed Asia-Pacific
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- Using object-oriented analysis and design over traditional structured analysis and design
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
