Mr Knightley
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I had a pair of Diplomats on the same last and in an identical box. I bought them in early 2000 from a shop that was no longer going to be stocking Church's shoes and got them for a great price - £150, when the then retail price was around £250. Sadly, Church's 'damaged' them during a refurb in 2006. They replaced them with a new pair for the price of the repair (£80). I still have the replacement pair and kept the old box.Hi all, I just snapped up these beauties for a song (ie more like for a poem which doesn’t even rhyme).
These are Consuls on the 73 last.
Would anyone have an idea on the year of manufacturing, based on the box or the shoe itself?
Thanks in advance
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I would say that the shop I bought them from in 2000 had had them in stock for a while at the time - so late 1990s?
Great pick-up!