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Northampton: UK's only shoe last firm plans to preserve 'gentle craft'

He said knowledge of the highly skilled craft is passed on from generation to generation.

He said the company is always looking for younger people although they "have to space it out a bit for affordability".Spring Line makes wooden lasts made from beech or hornbeam for bespoke designs "We've got a lot of younger team and a lot of them have picked it up really, really quickly," he said.The company said it had "all the history of Northamptonshire's oldest shoemakers under its roof"

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