{"id":44369,"date":"2024-04-17T23:36:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T03:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=44369"},"modified":"2024-04-17T23:36:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T03:36:51","slug":"shoe-cobbler-in-lakeland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/04\/17\/shoe-cobbler-in-lakeland\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoe Cobbler in Lakeland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NBC News\u2019 Sam Brock brings us his story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jim McFarland, a fourth-generation shoe cobbler in Lakeland, Florida, never anticipated his trade mending shoes would lead to millions of views on social media. <\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"e2f903d6-46cb-409b-9ddd-b8044aa2d2c1\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-eaf768842997df670e993bc009d3f37d\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-8ef6ea74fe3d44add044114443118b34 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:340px; max-height:340px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Florida shoe cobbler mends more than soles\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ohk12nXoBc4?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=1&#038;controls=2&#038;start=true&#038;end=true&#038;fs=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"Shoe Cobbler in Lakeland\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People are captivated by his careful craftsmanship: removing, stitching, and gluing soles on leather footwear. Across the country, some send him letters, sharing the stories behind their most cherished belongings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Website <a href=\"https:\/\/mcfarlandsshoerepair.com\/\">https:\/\/mcfarlandsshoerepair.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/americascobbler\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/americascobbler<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/americascobbler\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/americascobbler<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@americascobbler\" data-unique-id=\"americascobbler\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" data-embed-type=\"creator\" style=\"max-width:780px; min-width:288px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@americascobbler?refer=creator_embed\">@americascobbler<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC News\u2019 Sam Brock brings us his story. 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