Los Mochis, Sinaloa.- Heriberto Richchel He is originally from Navolato and in 1965 he arrived in this city of Los Mochis, and since then he has dedicated himself to repair shoes.
Don Heriberto has been working as a shoemaker for 57 yearsa job in which he found a way to obtain his income to get ahead, because at the time he had the opportunity to give food and clothing to his daughters, who are currently independent, since they have already formed their family.
Mr. Heriberto specified that for many years he was employed in the footwear workshop called El Hospital del Calzado, “I was there for 25 years”, later he became independent and continues in that job to this day.
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A profession that is disappearing
“In recent years, this trade has been on the decline, because most people do not like to repair their shoes, they prefer to throw them away and buy new shoes,” he stressed.
He also said that there are many shoe stores, as well as department stores, that offer shoes on credit, and for people that is more comfortable, because the new generation of young people is more vain, they like to be seen with new shoes and not repaired.
“For that and other reasons, the shoemaker’s trade is dying. Few of us are still in this activity; we do it as a way of life”, he highlighted.
His legacy will continue no more
Likewise, he said that in his case, he could no longer inherit the trade, since he had five daughters and they did not like this trade, since they considered that it was for men.
The shoemaker pointed out that sometimes one of his grandchildren accompanies him and plays at being a shoemaker, but that it is only a game for him, and that he also does not see that someone in his family will continue with the trade, despite the fact that in his moment was an activity that gave them everything to get ahead.
Don Heriberto said that for years the new generations have preferred to wear tennis shoes for everything, even when they wear formal suits, they rarely wear shoes and prefer to throw them away than repair them.
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“The little money that comes out of this shoe workshop is for my wife and me, from there we pay the bills for water, electricity and other expenses. It’s not a lot of money, but we’re spending it,” she stressed.
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