Fastening ones shoes

The one real bane in the doing the same as any other boy no matter what life I had as a boy was and remains my inability due to dexterity and very poor hand-eye coordination to fasten shoes in an era where unlike sandals which I loved as a younger boy I simply could not fasten the laces.

This also would work its way into such staples as football boots given that was obligatory for boys not that I took any issue with as it taught me resilence big time but also hiking boots which went into scouting type activities so having to take a pair of due to say stone getting lodged was difficult.

To do what I did I always needed a 'shoe boy' prepared to fasten them back up even if I had to do everything else.