Ducker & Son

Inside the premises in 2006

Ducker & Son was a traditional shoe makers in Turl Street in Oxford.

The business was founded by Edward Ducker in 1898. A limited company was formed following the deaths of Ducker and his wife in 1947.

The shop was featured in the 2007 film Atonement..

Ducker & Son closed at the end of November 2016. Its archives are now held in the Bodleian Library.^[1]

Customers

Customers included:

H. H. Asquith - Prime Minister^[1]
Rowan Atkinson - English actor and comedian known for Mr. Bean and Blackadder.^[2]
Jeremy Clarkson - English broadcaster and writer known for BBC TV show Top Gear.^[2]
Matt Flynn - English writer.
Eddie Jordan - Irish businessman and former Formula One team boss.^[2]
Lady Ottoline Morrell - Literary salonist^[1]
Matthew Pinsent - English Olympic rower and broadcaster.^[2]
Manfred von Richthofen - German fighter pilot known as the Red Baron, whose account was not settled until 1989^[1]^[2]
J.R.R. Tolkien - English writer and Oxford don known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.^[1]^[2]
Evelyn Waugh - English writer known for Brideshead Revisited.^[1]^[2]

Local legend

A local legend, mentioned by Jan Morris in Oxford (1965), tells of an old basketwork armchair reported to materialise in a room above the shop for a few seconds and then gradually fade away. Yurdan,^[3] however, states that it has been a long time since reports of any sightings have been made.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Maev Kennedy (22 March 2017), "Rare ledgers reveal shoe-buying habits of Tolkien and Waugh", The Guardian
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ducker & Son History". duckerandson.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
↑ Yurdan, Marilyn (2002). "Oxford City and University". Unexplained Oxford and Oxfordshire. Dunstable, Bedfordshire: The Book Castle. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-1-9037-4721-6.

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Coordinates: 51°45′13.0″N 1°15′23.1″W / 51.753611°N 1.256417°W / 51.753611; -1.256417

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[G-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Maev Kennedy (22 March 2017), "Rare ledgers reveal shoe-buying habits of Tolkien and Waugh", The Guardian

[D&S-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ducker & Son History". duckerandson.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-01-20.

[Yurdan-3] Yurdan, Marilyn (2002). "Oxford City and University". Unexplained Oxford and Oxfordshire. Dunstable, Bedfordshire: The Book Castle. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-1-9037-4721-6.