Blakey's Metal Segs are still available -

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.timpson.co.uk/_getImage.php%3Fimage%3D/i/products/877/1_l.jpg&imgrefurl=http://

Timpson's and many another shoe-shop chain used to be in every High Street in the country - now all but disappeared.

Ross