Big shoes in Durham in 1975

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Your style is becoming a fave of mine.

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Mon 06 Jun 13:01:48

You're too kind Derek.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 06 Jun 13:17:00

Great idea Michael!

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Mon 06 Jun 15:53:00

Thanks Marjorie.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 06 Jun 16:49:22

Aren't they back in fashion Michael?

Posted by Adele Elgood on Mon 06 Jun 17:20:40

In the words of a song, " I remember it well"......Michael. In fact not only do I remember it I wore it! The seventies fashions are back in at the moment Michael so you are very current, denim, wedge heels and platforms, smock dresses etc. A super flash back...thanks!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 06 Jun 17:39:30

Thanks Marjorie and Adele. They always looked so uncomfortable to me. I didn't really know they were back in vogue.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 06 Jun 17:45:04

Remember thoses platforms well....how to break ankle whilst dancing. A great composition nicely painted, with nostalgia and a touch of tongue in cheek.

Posted by andre mulard on Mon 06 Jun 22:29:33

Thanks Andre.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 07 Jun 03:13:02

Brill

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 07 Jun 07:17:57

Thanks Gudrun.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 07 Jun 07:54:10

I used to have a pair of those daft shoes Michael, thanks for the memory😉

Posted by Carole Swingler on Tue 07 Jun 09:10:06

Thanks Carole. Apparently they've become popular again. They never made any sense to me.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 07 Jun 14:08:11

Hang on Studio Wall

06/06/2016

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Watercolour. It was the fashion then - platform shoes. Based on a photograph.

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Michael Mcmanus

I was born in 1946. In the 1960s and part of the 70s I was an airman in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. I joined Durham Constabulary in 1971. In 1999 I retired from policing and began teaching sociology and criminology at Durham University with emphasis on policing and researching crime. I am drawn…

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