Charles Poliquin

In his interview, Charles Poliquin, describes growing up in a big family in Lewiston and the changes in the community. He shares his experience working in the Lown and Falcon shoe shop and trying to support his family after dropping out of school at 15. Poliquin depicts the shoe making process and describes lasting and molding. When talking about the shoe shop, he described the social scene, saying he met his wife in the shop and that he joined one of sports leagues. Throughout the interview he talks about how he misses the shoe shop and is sad that they all closed. In total he worked in the shoe shops for 45 years.