Monday, November 2, 2026
2 good stories this week
Good news from the Lone Star State
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A father-son team runs shoe repair shops in Southeast Texas as the number of such shops nationwide has declined.
Shoe repair shops once numbered about 120,000 at their peak during the Great Depression, a report said. Fewer than 3,500 remain, according to the same report.
A few of those shops are in Southeast Texas. They are owned and operated by a father and son, who continue the family trade. The report named Quality Shoe Repair as one of the businesses.
Written by The Alamo Republican from KFDM Beaumont’s reporting, using only the facts in it. KFDM Beaumont’s own headline: “Father and son cobbler duo continue family tradition At it’s peak, there were 120,000 shoe repair shops durng the great depression.Now, fewer that 35-hundred remain.A few of those locations are right here in south”
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