I'd love a pic Jim. It'll induce Proustian longing. Oh Covent Garden in 1987. So low-key, sweet and innocent, a bit like I was. Now it's dominated by conglomerates and anonymous chains. Could be Coventry plus a million Poles and Spaniards in cheap Chinese casuals. Eastland were wonderful, as were American Gentleman and Walk Over. I miss them dreadfully. I will miss J.Simons more than I can imagine.

I'll need to dig it out, but The Weejun posted a magazine article on loafers from the 80's on here a while back which had pics of both the Eastland and the Buffalo Creek Trader along will all the usual suspects (Weejuns & Sebbys)... Ring any bells with anyone? I think it was from 'Arena'.

AE Kennys on today - I'm trying to wear all my loafers in rotation just to give them all an airing.

The Kenny: http://i28.tinypic.com/30a5ic8.jpg

Got mine in Krantz.

http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1247/5677.php

Krantz get forgotten a bit I think, but in the 60's Ian Strachan shopped there as well as Austins. Will Krantz end up as being our last link with that world?

And there's a pic of them in that article from Arena I bumped the other day.

I'll pull mine out for tomorrow & see what I can find to say about them. If I compare them to an old Weejun that might be useful as a benchmark.

Best,