What Grandad Joe did have, though, was an inventive mind. Grandad Joe likely learned his cobbling skills through visiting his grand-father Sam’s shoe workshop in Nottingham. As it was, in his bedroom at 90 Deane Road, my Grandad Joe set about designing a pair of spiked running shoes for himself. Very few made the connection between Reebok, J. W. Foster & Sons and my Grandad Joe, creator of both the spiked running shoe and the trainer. Grandad Joe would have been honoured that all of his initial work had come to this.

Source: Daily Mirror September 18, 2020 23:30 UTC