Lenny, a Scouser, has spent the last 50 years working as a bricklayer. Lenny’s father, also a bricklayer, instilled in him a love for the trade. Lenny’s father, who also worked as a bricklayer, was a master of his craft.
Liverpool Airport tops the list as every UK airport ranked by passengers READ MORE: Other credits include shoes made for 2014 British thriller ’71, set in Belfast at the height of the Troubles in 1971, and the 2016 American drama Genius, based on the life of book editor Maxwell Perkins in 1930s New York. Lenny, a dad of two, said: “I left school with no exam results, and my dad said come and work with me at Coombs. Coombs were all over the country at that time, like Timpson’s today. The Allerton Road Timpson’s is an old Coombs shop from years ago.
Liverpool Echo Icon Sign up to FREE email alerts from ECHO Daily News We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. More info “I started out at Wallasey, then moved to Victoria Street (Liverpool) when I was 17. It’s all wine bars now, but years ago there was a lot of solicitors and offices based there. “We used to purely do shoe repair. Some days you’d do 100-odd pairs of shoes a day. It was all leatherwork, Brogues and girls with stilettos. But there was hardly any key cutting then because it wasn’t really a big thing at the time.
“There were no books to show you what to do. You just had to go live. My dad used to show me and I would copy him. “You did make mistakes at first, but the more you practiced the better you got. In the old days you used to spit nails out of your mouth, banging the nails in the heels.” Lenny Hoare outside Timpsons on Allerton Road After working at Coombs, Lenny then moved to Mister Minit on Allerton Road, where he remained until the branch was bought out by the Timpson group in 2003. There, he continued his work until his retirement on Friday last week on August 30.
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