Letters to the Editor: Cobblers are the epitome of sustainability

'So much time is spent banging on about recycling in grandiose abstract terms, yet cobblers are going out of business'

Drop in a pair of shoes to a cobbler, a reader urges.

It is said about local shops that, if you ignore them, they will go away.

I had thought that the skill (or interest) in repairing shoes had long gone.