Lifetime of cobbling: Self-made businessman looks back on 75 years of shoe repair - Spartanburg Herald Journal

Lifetime of cobbling: Self-made businessman looks back on 75 years of shoe repair - Spartanburg Herald Journal

Spartanburg Herald Journal

Lifetime of cobbling: Self-made businessman looks back on 75 years of shoe repair Spartanburg Herald Journal Repairing shoes has been a perfect fit for Carl Rogers for the better part of 75 years. The Spartanburg native, who celebrates his 90th birthday on Tuesday, had only a fifth-grade education when he dropped out of school and learned to fix shoes at age 14.