Bill Bird, boot and shoe maker of Blockley in the Cotswolds.
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Bill Bird, boot and shoe maker of Blockley in the Cotswolds. He is the country's only manufacturer of hand-carved wooden trees for riding boots - used to keep tall boots in shape. 'Good trees need very good wood,' he says; he uses only hornbeam or tulip wood Photograph: Paul Felix
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