Waugh, Tolkien and a host of famous names in Oxford sales ledgers up at auction
It was the end of an era in Oxford when Ducker & Son, the bespoke shoemaker and home of the Oxford brogue, sadly closed down last November. The venerable 6 Turl Street store had traded in the centre of the city since 1898.
As ever, and being brutally realistic about it, such a closure can however be an opportunity for the…