NEW BALANCE

New Balance started in Boston in 1906 making arch supports, and have made trainers in Flimby, Cumbria since 1982. Suede and mesh, numbered rather than named, and a good deal of grey. Cumbria gets more rain than Manchester, so the shoes are used to it.

New Balance 2002R Trainer

NB Navy / Vintage Indigo

$177.00

New Balance 1954 Trainer

Sea Salt / Linen

$217.00

New Balance 574 Core Shoes

Grey / White

$129.00

New Balance CT500 Trainer

Pearl Grey / Linen / Ice Wine

$149.00

New Balance 2002 DX Protection Pack Trainers

Shipyard / Silver Metallic

$231.00

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John Wilcock (Brownie) in a beige jacket and Nigel Lawson in a cream cardigan inside an abandoned building near Trafford Park.

Brownie's Breaking Bad

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John Wilcock (Brownie) changing out of a blue-striped shirt aboard his Manchester canal barge, with Nigel Lawson beside him.

Brownie's Barge, A Brew & A Bit Of Ralph

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Hands holding green suede Adidas Ardwick trainers above a table of archive shoes, old catalogues and bright blue pairs.

Nige's Adidas Shoeseum

Some people collect stamps. Some collect records. Some collect Adidas. Over the years, there’s been a fair few pairs through the doors at Oi Polloi. Some worn into the ground, some kept in suspicio...

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