He remembers it when a tram ran down Redfern Street and the factory workers streamed ... In the '60s, the Metry family had four shoe repair shops: in Redfern, Coogee, Belfield and Fairfield.

This year, the shoe drive based out of Rotella’s Discount Shoe Repair at 114 E. Washington St. collected 43,120 pairs of sneakers, sandals, boots and more. That’s a new one-year record.