Details of the shoe buying habits of literary giants Waugh and Tolkien bought at auction by Oxford’s Bodleian Library

The Bodleian Library in Oxford has bought the historic customer ledgers of venerable Oxford shoemaker Ducker & Son.

The ledgers were hammered down at £7000 at auctioneer Mallams in Oxford.

Duckers, home of the Oxfor…

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