Dear Sir, - I have been a reader of your paper for nearly twelve months, and am always interested in the correspondence pages, specially the letters of wearers of high heeled boots. There has been a number of letters from one-legged readers, but none, so far as I can remember, with my disability.
Four years ago, when I was 18, I received thigh and ankle injuries, and after 19 weeks in hospital I was informed that I had a right leg shorter than its fellow, and as a result I have a boot with a sole 4 inches thick and a heel 5« inches high. One result is that I can always indulge my fancy for high-legged boots, and have worn them ever since.
Also, owing to the injury to my ankle I have to wear irons on my right boot; but as my ankle is becoming stronger, I hope to dispense with my irons when at home in the evenings, so I am saving up for a pair with a heel to the left boot, although it will mean a thicker sole and a higher heel to my right boot.
Will any of your readers with a similar disability give their experiences.
I find men are fascinated by my boots, and am often followed home. Perhaps it is a change to see a pair of booted legs after so many thousands of stockings.
On one occasion I received a letter saying the writer thought it a "delightful disability." I also notice men like girls wearing glasses, and I have recently started wearing them, and have a pair of rim-less spectacles with gold side-pieces. The lenses are large and curved and kept highly polished. They certainly have an attraction for some people.
Can any reader tell me what is the record in shortening? Some time ago I saw a lady in a train who, seeing my boot, started speaking, and showed me hers, and as she raised her skirt I was astounded to see a boot with a sole which looked nearly 12 inches high, and she managed without leg-irons.
Please excuse a long letter, and I hope some of your readers will give particulars of their disability and let us have some photos of their special boots.
Yours truly,
Big Boot.