Fly London Women’s Yedi

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Customer Review: Love them!!
These are beautiful shoes and contrary to other reviews I have had no issues at all with the fitting. They are very comfy, very stylish and I have walked for miles in them with no problems. I would definately recommend them.
Customer Review: Fabulous Fly - again!
Having read all of the reviews I was a little wary of the sizing of these shoes. I am a size 5 - a smaller size 5 on the left foot and a larger size 5 on the right. I have average width feet with fairly high insteps. I am so glad I didn’t take the advice of some of the reviews here as I think ordering a size larger than my normal size would have been a mistake - this kind of shoe needs to be ’snug’ so it doesn’t slip off the heel when you walk. Bear in mind also that since they are made of decent leather, they will stretch to fit, given a bit of wear. As it stands, the size 5 I ordered fits perfectly on the smaller left foot - no squashed toes, they are instantly really comfortable and fit perfectly. The right foot is a little more snug but the leather is already stretching to fit so I see no problem here. My advice is don’t buy bigger if you are an average size or on the small side of a regular size. If you are a half size then you may want to try a size up …or they may not be the shoes for you as you might have to really work hard at walking them in! Personally I think Fly have produced yet another gorgeous, comfortable low-platform wedge here. Don’t order a pair so I am the only one wearing them and can be the envy of all!
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Customer Review: A Truly Definitive Account of the Meaning of Poverty
I was born in the East End in the 1950’s, and still live there. However, Jennifer’s account has brought to life the tales my parents and grandparents told me about how much a struggle life was for so many people, barely a bus ride from where I was living. Jennifer’s portrayal of Mr. Collet’s demise in an ‘old folk’s home’, in the 60’s, which was little better than the workhouses of 30 years previously starkly reminds us that man’s inhumanity to man can come in many different forms, no matter how affluent / civilised / reformed our societies pretend to be. This book should be read by anyone who works in public office, if only to remind them that the attitudes and conditions of the recent past have not gone away; they’re still out there and will come back if we allow them to. Jennifer’s comparison of modern East London tower blocks and housing estates taking the place of the old tenements tells us that rather than improving conditions, society has simply torn down the old and replaced them with tacky copies. Jennifer Worth should have gone into politics, for judging from her excellent books, this is one person who would have made a real difference. Next time I travel through Poplar, Limehouse and Stepney, I will now do so with a new interest.
Customer Review: midwifery in the raw
This is a excellent book in many ways. It tells of a young woman’s training in midwifery, undertaken under the supervision of an order of nuns whose mission was nursing and midwifery, in the poverty of east end London in the 1950’s. If you are a training midwife (as I am) some of the discriptions are truly horrifying - watching a young woman die of eclampsia, stillbirths and diseases that you will never see in Britain today. It also shows how midwifery used to be practised in this country, in a time when midwives were independent and worked alone, when most women gave birth at home (sucessfully). As a social document it is also incredibly valuable - a discription of the devastation that workhouses left in their wake is a valuable reminder of how we used to treat poor people in this country, and how we must not allow shallow prejudices about teenage mothers and single parents (so easily scapegoated!) let us treat them as lesser, non-citizens. Also a useful reminder of how “the good old days” are a myth - things are better now in many ways, and there were teenage mums, drugs, prostitution and people trafficking then, too. I heartily recommend this to any one interested in midwifery, social history, and women’s studies.
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Customer Review: Best book on worst street
This book will appeal to historians and Ripperologists alike, it is choc-full of interesting facts about the Spitafields area from its earliest days and sheds new light on some of the most notorious individuals to emerge from its streets. The author has adopted a compelling story-telling style which makes the book a real page-turner and not at all text-bookish. If you are interested in Jack The Ripper or the origins of the East End gangs then this is a must for your collection.
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