The booklet below entitled "  FROM TANYARD TO WEARER, was published in 1928, the 50th anniversary of John Lees & Co. It gives a short but fascinating description of the long and complex process of boot making. John Lees & Co. was the last of ten shoe and boot factories in Maybole until it was destroyed by fire in 1962. To learn more about the history of the shoe industry in Maybole read this account in the book Maybole, Carrick's Capital, by James T Gray  here. (Booklet contributed by Margaret Landsburgh)  (Click on the images below to view the full page)

 Boots made in 1945 by Lees