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Sunday 18 September 2022, 10:00Passed
Conditions
Free – Limited Gauge - Highly Recommended Registration at Tourist Office Box Office
September 2022
Sunday 18
10:00 - 12:00
8 to 99 years old

Maison de la chaussure

Place du Capitaine Ansart - 62190 Lillers
  • Pas-de-Calais
  • Hauts-de-France

«The Epic of the Shoe»

Guided tour
Sunday 18 September 2022, 10:00Passed
Conditions
Free – Limited Gauge - Highly Recommended Registration at Tourist Office Box Office
Philippe Vincent

Go with your guide on the footsteps of the shoe, still present today in the urban landscape of Lillers. Discover how the Fanien workshops were able, at the end of the 19th century, to revolutionise the way this everyday object was made until they allowed full employment in the early 1900s. From workers' housing to cooperatives, a whole city lives at the pace of this industry. At the end of the tour, push the doors of the shoe house and discover the steps of making a shoe thanks to the tools, machines and models of shoes on site.

Types d'événement
Visite commentée / Conférence
Thème 2022
Patrimoine durable
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About the location

Maison de la chaussure
Place du Capitaine Ansart - 62190 Lillers
  • Pas-de-Calais
  • Hauts-de-France
The House of the shoe calls back(reminds) that Lillers was, before the war 39-45, one of the most important national centres of manufacturing of shoes. Economically, Lillers knows full employment thanks to this industry. But war comes break an old dream: the market of pitiless export does not any more allow to compete with overseas market. Limited to the utilitarian shoe, the shoe industry decreases. The last one manufactures her doors strongly in 1996\. Today, it is the memories(souvenirs) of an auspicious period that are gathered(collected) in this house of the shoe.
Tags
Édifice industriel, scientifique et technique, Musée, salle d'exposition
Philippe Vincent