Family-run Yorkshire shoe shop which served local figures including Arthur Scargill and Dickie Bird closes after 100 years in business

In 1923, Edgar Payne founded a business from his garden shed in Barnsley. A skilled craftsman, Edgar had recently moved from his hometown of Irchester, Northamptonshire, where he repaired shoes for a number of high-profile brands.As well as being a talented cobbler, Edgar also had a keen business sense, and quickly secured a contract with the British Army, repairing 100 boots a week which were delivered on horse and cart. He would then go on to build and repair boots for workers at the nearby mines.

The company would eventually move to bigger premises, just a few doors down from Edgar’s Dodworth home, and would find its speciality selling and repairing high-value shoes.