ajb Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 what was/is your favourite footwear for dance'n ? polyvelts? rapovers? bowling shoes? brouges? ect, ect.......? had a preference for poly's in me school disco days, but loved my bowling shoes (aquired from nottingham bowling alley ) when i started my allnighter days. liked rap-overs, but would end up sliping over, more times than not :angry: come on fuel your foot fetish alan Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
mischief Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Can I ask what polyvelts and rapovers are? Thanks Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Chalky Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Can I ask what polyvelts and rapovers are? Thanks are rapovers solatios? Used to wear them when a young un, complete with segs. On me arse more often than not Brogues now, have done for years. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
ajb Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 Can I ask what polyvelts and rapovers are? Thanks rapovers.... leather uppers, so called as by design leather strips wraped over each other to form upper, with leather soles, generally very slippy polyvelts.... leather upper, smooth in black, grained in brown. style similar to a loafer, but lace up and more pronouned rise at front where stiched. smooth flexible rubberish sole, very smooth and slippy. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Brogues......shoes for men....never leave home with out em :good: Bazza Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Munchkin Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 rapovers.... leather uppers, so called as by design leather strips wraped over each other to form upper, with leather soles, generally very slippy polyvelts.... leather upper, smooth in black, grained in brown. style similar to a loafer, but lace up and more pronouned rise at front where stiched. smooth flexible rubberish sole, very smooth and slippy. thought you meant salatios, can in a few different designes(diamond), and colour. brill for dancing in, polyvelts and nature trekk early eighties not really any good for dancing in (imvho) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 the best shoes to wear, are surely the ones that look nicest with whichever outfit you're wearing.... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Manfromsoul45s Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 the best shoes to wear, are surely the ones that look nicest with whichever outfit you're wearing.... polyvelts and patchwork baggies. the choice for the late seventies & early eighties man about the scene..but remember.. the late seventies & early eighties leave them there please!!!!!! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Matt Male Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 (edited) Seemed to be an order to these things, one came in, went out and was replaced by another shoe. Round here when i was a teenager it was: Polyveldts... ...then Nature Treks ..then Diamonds or Bostons ...then Pods ...then Doc Martin Shoes ...after that, wear what you like. We were old enough to make our minds up I seem to remember that when Polyveldts and Nature Treks were around together, girls wore Polyveldts and boys wore Nature Treks. Edited June 19, 2007 by Matt Male Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Mark B Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 (edited) leather soled shoes for going out and dancing and rubber soled for casual mark Edited June 19, 2007 by mark.b Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Stormin Si Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 my pair of Loakes brogues have got to be my favourite. I've got a pair of leather slip ons though, they are comfy as hell, feels like I'm dancing in slippers. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
sister dawn Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 polys.... had a brown pair for travelling in and a black pair with polished soles for dancing in...... the most comfortable shoe in the world ... was a sad barsteward a few years ago and wrote to clarks to ask em to bring em back...... best ones for dancing in now is my doc martin shoes .... they are battered bruised and ruddy stinky, so are just right Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest 2648 W Grand Boulevard Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Polyveldts in my youth, seemed to remember certain members of the Banbury crowd at the Locarno used to dye them black. Following my return to the scene approx 10 years ago a pair of brown brogues which never get worn at other than soul do's. They have been resoled on numerous occassions & my heart will be sorely broken when they finally wear out !! Dave Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Polyvelts Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Err . . . . . . . Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest mel brat Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 rapovers.... leather uppers, so called as by design leather strips wraped over each other to form upper, with leather soles, generally very slippy polyvelts.... leather upper, smooth in black, grained in brown. style similar to a loafer, but lace up and more pronouned rise at front where stiched. smooth flexible rubberish sole, very smooth and slippy. Are polyvelts 'deck shoes'? ie. rather like a moccasin but with a classic 'deck shoe' sole (zig-zagged tread designed for wear while sailing) and leather lace threaded all the way around? I always found them great and comfortable for dancing, but they suddenly started making the same shoe with a stupid 'trainer' type sole for some reason, which looked vile! Can you still buy the original deck shoe? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Rap overs,dont you mean "spoons"yuk!!,in me youth it was brogue`s;pollywelts in cherry red;monkey boots;pods;bowling shoes swiped from Sheffield bowls.............now!!"Weejuns"beefroll in blakc. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Polyvelts Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Are polyvelts 'deck shoes'? ie. rather like a moccasin but with a classic 'deck shoe' sole (zig-zagged tread designed for wear while sailing) and leather lace threaded all the way around? I always found them great and comfortable for dancing, but they suddenly started making the same shoe with a stupid 'trainer' type sole for some reason, which looked vile! Can you still buy the original deck shoe? No, Polys were made by Clarks in the seventies / early eighties. I guess they were made for hiking / walking and were popular with maths teachers, social workers and rastafarians and Norther Soulers !!! I dont know what secret ingredient the soles were made of but I'm told they could withstand 100,000 hours stomping to Leon Thomas L.O.V.E and the stitching would always give up before the soles !! They came in Black and Brown and a disturbing beige/yellow, and had very thick laces. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Bogue Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 (edited) Are polyvelts 'deck shoes'? ie. rather like a moccasin but with a classic 'deck shoe' sole (zig-zagged tread designed for wear while sailing) and leather lace threaded all the way around? I always found them great and comfortable for dancing, but they suddenly started making the same shoe with a stupid 'trainer' type sole for some reason, which looked vile! Can you still buy the original deck shoe? Moccasin's used to be comfortable too Had a nice leather soled burgundy coloured pair circa 80/81, used to look great with white socks ! Edited June 23, 2007 by Bogue Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 No, Polys were made by Clarks in the seventies / early eighties. I guess they were made for hiking / walking and were popular with maths teachers, social workers and rastafarians and Norther Soulers !!! I dont know what secret ingredient the soles were made of but I'm told they could withstand 100,000 hours stomping to Leon Thomas L.O.V.E and the stitching would always give up before the soles !! They came in Black and Brown and a disturbing beige/yellow, and had very thick laces. They still make em`,for teachers And polyvelts you obviously didnt do a lot of dancing,the sole`s used to crakc,a basterd in them days when it was allways freezing and wet used to put cardboard in em`me sokcs where allway wet. in fact i have got some in a sandle type style coool!!. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Una Scot-Oz Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 I loved my Polyvelts until they cracked across the sole. The "Grannie sandals" were the go for a while. I'm wearing a white pair on the Wigan footage. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest mel brat Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 (edited) Polys were made by Clarks in the seventies / early eighties. I guess they were made for hiking / walking and were popular with maths teachers, social workers and rastafarians and Norther Soulers !!! I dont know what secret ingredient the soles were made of but I'm told they could withstand 100,000 hours stomping to Leon Thomas L.O.V.E and the stitching would always give up before the soles !! They came in Black and Brown and a disturbing beige/yellow, and had very thick laces. Right. I think I know 'em. Never had a pair though. They don't sound particularly great dancing shoes to me, but what do I know?! Edited June 23, 2007 by mel brat Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest mel brat Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Moccasin's used to be comfortable too Had a nice leather soled burgundy coloured pair circa 80/81, used to look great with white socks ! NO WHITE SOCKS under ANY circumstances, ever! (except when playing cricket/tennis, possibly!) Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 NO WHITE SOCKS under ANY circumstances, ever! (except when playing cricket/tennis, possibly!) Now whats wrong wi`white sokcs then Mel?as long as theyre not the ten pairs for a pound toweling type things,infact i`m gonna`go white tomorrow Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Russ Vickers Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 what was/is your favourite footwear for dance'n ? polyvelts? rapovers? bowling shoes? brouges? ect, ect.......? had a preference for poly's in me school disco days, but loved my bowling shoes (aquired from nottingham bowling alley ) when i started my allnighter days. liked rap-overs, but would end up sliping over, more times than not :angry: come on fuel your foot fetish alan Loved me Polys late Wigan........they never did them in black for years, so we had to dye them black ourselves & we wanted the ends to turn up, so we would fold the shoe in half length ways & put the legs of ya bed on em. Wore bowling shoes too, dark blue, light blue & black, they were the slippiest shoes known to man, I would never wear them outside, only change into them once in the venue, so as not to knacker the sole. Russ Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Rap overs,dont you mean "spoons"yuk!!,in me youth it was brogue`s;pollywelts in cherry red;monkey boots;pods;bowling shoes swiped from Sheffield bowls.............now!!"Weejuns"beefroll in blakc. Bass Weejuns, classic 'proper' loafers Kenny ......though I prefer the penny loafer meself Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Bass Weejuns, classic 'proper' loafers Kenny ......though I prefer the penny loafer meself Cheap-skate Del Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Polyvelts Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 They still make em`,for teachers And polyvelts you obviously didnt do a lot of dancing,the sole`s used to crakc,a basterd in them days when it was allways freezing and wet used to put cardboard in em`me sokcs where allway wet. in fact i have got some in a sandle type style coool!!.Your right Ken, although they took years to wear down they did bloody crack right accross ! 'didnt do a lot of dancing' - bloody cheek ! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Munchkin Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Royals with segs or heal plate... still got my last pair i bought in 1979. brill to dance in Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
harpo1 Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Fukin hell kevin thats only 'cause you re soled 'em with elephant ball bag skin when you worked in that exotic butchers in darlo gotta say polyvelts were the div's option....had to be solatio's if you were from 'round by we! saying that saw some in a retro shop in the mander centre recently look like two dinner plates no wonder the trousers were so wide then of course there was bacon-slicer in his placcy jelly sandals at willenhall baths...how could we forget that style icon Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Fukin hell kevin thats only 'cause you re soled 'em with elephant ball bag skin when you worked in that exotic butchers in darlo gotta say polyvelts were the div's option....had to be solatio's if you were from 'round by we! saying that saw some in a retro shop in the mander centre recently look like two dinner plates no wonder the trousers were so wide then of course there was bacon-slicer in his placcy jelly sandals at willenhall baths...how could we forget that style icon Who you calling div Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
TOAD Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 WHO HAD BLUE SHOES THEN !! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest edsuede Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 what was/is your favourite footwear for dance'n ? polyvelts? rapovers? bowling shoes? brouges? ect, ect.......? had a preference for poly's in me school disco days, but loved my bowling shoes (aquired from nottingham bowling alley ) when i started my allnighter days. liked rap-overs, but would end up sliping over, more times than not :angry: come on fuel your foot fetish alan These days, Loakes Royals in burgundy - style quality and comfort! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 These days, Loakes Royals in burgundy - style quality and comfort! Might just be me but i have never had a confortable pair of loakes in me life ever!!. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest edsuede Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Might just be me but i have never had a confortable pair of loakes in me life ever!!. You could just have uncomfortable feet?! Always found Loakes to be great - as well as me brogues, still have a pair of Loakes loafers that I've used for dancing for 20 years and they're REALLY comfy - like a pair of well-worn slippers! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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