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    A pair of city slickers

    Sep 04, 2022 2 minutes
    GREG DIXON

    Aren’t they smart, these old shoes of mine? I vaguely recall buying them on Queen St in Auckland somewhere between 10 years and half a lifetime ago.

    I find it almost inconceivable now that I, a wearer of gumboots in all seasons, once thought myself enough of a larky boulevardier that I would purchase for myself a pair of dark maroon, patent leather shoes. Who

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