Back in da Days...

Obi and Simbi.

Sawaba

BATA or LENARDS...


I remember having a pair imposed on me by ma old-guy...As I try spoil am reach, shoe no gree spoil.
E rugged diee...

Hahahaaha, cortina! Those were for priveledged children. They were the best theN.

Yeah!
It could only be found at Bata or Lennard then, back then, in my secondary school, we werent permitted to use rubber sandal, so, this is what most of used then, very durable, i used mine for 2 years+ before it became an under-sized for me........lol
but, i think recently, i have started seeing it again on school girls o, but, just few girls, maybe, its back again.

Lol......sweet memories.

Yeeeeeeees. I love them. So comfortable. I can remember am always eager to get a new pair of Bata shoes back then around Ojota. Whenever I pass that area I just keep wondering what happened to Bata and Lenards
Sweet memories.
Can u remember those long socks we used to wear?

Kito,sisi and victoria sandals.

I remember forcing my mom to buy it for me cos my bestie had it den. Well she did n I barely wore it for a term den I made her kip it for me till I had kids. Well I have a son naw n I have a special cortina to bequeath to him.

:DBata and pop socks days. So long, Molly. I don old o

Very expensive shoes then, I wear my own so Tay, the sole comot!

children of nowadays
wats the age of the average nairaland user??

ah, my cortina

stopped wearing it in ss1 after one guy was looking for his bälls

I remember. Long lasting, pass on to next in line

aadetoyin:
Can u remember those long socks we used to wear?

Computer socks

Interesting.... Interesting....

We had another name for it then in Kano: kuturu goes to school.

Yes, in Ghana it was called Achimota Sandals. It's such an everlasting sandals.

'back to school'.their still in the market but difficult to get the long lasting ones.

I remember Cortina vividly. Made by Bata ...by choice.
I guess that's where the name bata originated from

We were not rich enough. My parents posted me so tay I stopped asking

Ah......sweet memories ..... though admitting it sort of dates my self but who cares - those shoes, as fugly as they looked, were the shizniz back then!

@OP - thanks for the post + picture and the trip down memory lane - I have given you my 'like' in appreciation.

Yes i did ! Aeon years ago

those were the days !

The cortina shoes back then, were one-in-town and the best…....

Yah cortina was the official shoe back then @ FGC Ikot Ekpene...what a sweet memory!!

Haba,
This one nah for people wey hold nah. .

That year, I wore scandals.

70naira rubber scandals, easy to polish!

Just add Vaseline or kerosene and you'll be good to go.

yaaayy... i got my own cortina shoe from BATA in Lagos... it was stolen in my school

Like this comment if you wore 'kito' sandals back in the days!