simon-rw

I live near Newcastle (about 12 miles away).Most of the shoe shops in the city centre are the Barratt's/Dolcis variety (2 branches of Barratt's, on Northumberland Street and Whitecross Way, Eldon Square).There's also a Brunswick Shoe Warehouse outlet in the Greenmarket, Eldon Square and a fetishy type shop called The Garage nearby as well as a shoe shop called Priceless Shoes on the same row (can't remember the name) which has a fairly varied selection of shoes and boots at fairly low prices.That's all that comes to mind at the moment!

My favourite style is a 4 or 5 inch stiletto heel either on a court shoe or strappy sandal,preferably with an an ankle strap.Really I like anything that gives the foot a high arch.

I got into high heels when we had a girl living with us called Sandra. She was only about 4 foot 8 tall and used to wear the most amazing 4 and 5 inch heels and platforms (this was in the mid to late 70s).One night she left a pair of platform sandals in the bathroom and I tried them on. from that moment I was hooked. I have about 4 pairs of heels at the moment, none of which I could wear in the street. Unfortunately health problems are preventing me wearing these heels at all but I still like to get them out and look at them ocassionally