Traditional shoe repair machines cannot pull off the heels to repair them. After Mr. Ballard's father died in 1953, an uncle from Clay County ran the family's repair shop for a while. Mr. Ballard ...

Hong Kong cobbler Wong Yun-keung has been repairing shoes in the city for more than 25 years – using the very same machine he started out with. The 52-year-old tradesman, who works with his wife Chan ...