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Ceramic Shoes
Episode 39, Friday 7 November 2008
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Rose Cope collects shoes, but as she says, she is no Imelda Marcos.
That’s because Rose collects ceramic shoes, beautiful little glazed and painted pairs from potteries and countries the world over. She is a retired dressmaker, and the collection numbers 240.
It started when her mother-in-law died and left her two ceramic shoes. Rose started to keep an eye out for more and, when her children were young, she used to pick up novelty ones to keep them interested and to give her the chance to keep looking (at garage sales, boot sales, where ever.
