About Us
We have been in the footwear trade for over 100 years, 4 generations, and still going strong!
With the addition of the mycomfyshoes site we are now excited to offer our carefully curated range of footwear from our carefully selected manufactures to a much wider audience. Tailoring our years of shoe fitting knowledge and understanding of what shoes work (and the ones that don't..) you can purchase from us safe in the knowledge that you're being backed with decades of footwear understanding and knowledge.
Our History
1919 - T. H. Haslam & Company is Born
Thomas Harold Haslam (my great grandfather) sets up wholesale footwear business “T. H. Haslam & Company”. The business was built on supplying the traditional, independent shoe shops that were once littered all over the north of England.
1949 - Roy Allen Shoes Sets Up Shop
Roy Allen left his job at the Co-op, in the footwear department and pursues his dream of opening his own shoe shop. R. Allen Footwear opens its doors in heart of Bolton town centre.
1988 - Roy Retires & We Step In
Roy ran the business from the Great Moor Street location all the way up to 1988 when he decided to retire. It was at this point when Thomas Howard (my father) offered to buy the shop to prevent the town from losing yet another traditional shoe shop from the high street. So began, our journey in retailing.
2009 - Danny Follows In His Grandfather’s Footsteps
In 2009, I stepped into my fathers shoes and took over our long-established family business, and set off in taking us in our new direction specialising in comfort fitting and wider fitting footwear.
2019 - 100 Years & Going Strong
We are immensely proud of our long family history in footwear (4 generations to be exact). Proud of where we are, and where we’ve come from. There are always ups and downs but rest assured, the plan is to stick around for the next 100, continuing to specialise in the measuring and fitting of footwear to our ever growing customer base.
2025 - The launch of mycomfyshoes.co.uk
We are very excited to see where this new venture takes our family business and look forward to opening up our stock to customers both old and new - just online this time!