Do you remember…rubbers for shoes?

[birdy]

My husband used them and he was a fairly young guy when he did. I think I still have a pair of his around here.

 

[Born_To_Lose]

I still have mine, but seldom wear them.

 

[LoveTulips]

I had them. They fitted excellently on my high heels and protected my shoes. In fact, why don't they have those now, very useful....

 

[Gary O']

hey were called “rubbers,” overshoes, or galoshes…those rubber coverings for shoes intended to keep your feet dry, and your shoes from damage in rain.

My shoes were not galosh worthy

 

[Bella]

They were called “rubbers,” overshoes, or galoshes…those rubber coverings for shoes intended to keep your feet dry, and your shoes from damage in rain. They were sturdy and stretchy, and I wore them as a child as did many adults back in the day, but curiously haven’t in many decades. Do you or have you ever worn “rubbers?” To what would you attribute their passing from common use?

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Oh my, when I think of “rubbers”, shoe covers aren't the first thing that comes to mind.

And, yes, when I was a youngster, I wore the dreaded galoshes and hated them.

 

[Fyrefox]

As my parents bought me only one pair of school-worthy shoes as a child annually and they were expected to last the full school year, I can remember wearing “rubbers” over those shoes on days of hard rain. I also like many had rubber snow boots, but my shoes usually did not fit inside them; shoes were carried separately and put on once one arrived home or at their destination.

When people seemed to move away from “overshoes“ and I had multiple pairs of shoes, some older pairs were relegated to junk shoe status, and worn out in rain as long as they held together and could be maintained presentably. The switch to synthetic or rubber shoe soles also made leather sole damage and permeation less of a problem.

A transitional kind of shoe for foul weather is what is sometimes here termed the “duck shoe,” made of rubber and a bit of treated leather. I have these in both low and high top models for snow shoveling and bad weather getting about, and they combine regular and overshoe or boot features, handling bad weather well while able to be worn indoors for a time…

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I had a pair of rubbers. I haven't thought of them in decades. I can remember their smell, the outside was shiny, but the inside was kind of gritty. That was back in the day when we had all leather shoes- today water doesn't hurt plastic.