Vintage dress boots score! Any idea of date / details?

[Mr Badger]

Bagged a lovely pair of vintage British dress boots today at the local charity shop (thrift store). They fit my wife perfectly! I spotted 'em in the window and immediately knew they were really old, and that the ice skate portions screwed onto the bottom were probably totally removable, which proved to be the case... I've treated 'em with a little hide food and polish, and they've come up beautifully!

I found a small piece of newspaper scrunched into the toe of one of the boots which, judging by what we can decipher, refers to the Munich putsch of 1923! The boots, however, are definitely British, as evinced by a photo found online (sadly undated) of 'Olivers Boot and Shoe Warehouse', Mold, Flintshire, which is in North Wales... anyone here able to throw more light on these lovely boots?

 

[HDRnR]

Great score !!! Is that a cotton lining ?

 

[Mr Badger]

Thanks, chap! yes, the lining is cotton canvas. They've hardly been worn — I suspect that this was due to 'em having been converted to skates, there are no creases in the leather at all, even the insoles are clean as a whistle. Apart from a scratch across one toecap (probably another skater!) and a little heel separation, which our friendly local cobbler can sort when he puts half-soles on, they're in lovely condition...

Funny how sometimes things work out — I nabbed my wife a pair of black Stacey Adams Madison boots off Ebay. She'd always wanted a pair but they were too big. Now she's got a pair of REAL vintage boots for less moolah!