These shoes were made for buying

Move over Imelda Marcos-Julie Hastings is now top of the shoe league! For Julie, 33, a Senior Information Assistant in the University of Teesside’s Learning Resource Centre (LRC), owns a staggering 47 pairs of size-sixes.

Julie’s penchant for shoes came under the spotlight recently during a day of fund-raising for Comic Relief organised by LRC staff, which included sponsored Karaoke, juggling and guessing the total of Julie’s vast shoe collection. The day raised £205.

Julie, from Middlesbrough, said: “Only two staff members guessed the correct total. What they didn’t know was that I gave away twenty pairs to Oxfam before Comic Relief, so no-one would have guessed over 60!

“I’ve loved shoes since I was secondary school in Eston. Your shoe size doesn't change; it's the one constant in your life, so shopping for shoes is easy and fun. My favourites are a £25 pair of purple boots, as they're different and trendy”.

Colleague Joanne Naylor, also a Senior Information Assistant in the LRC added: “Julie’s not known as the Imelda Marcos of the Library for nothing! But she’s not completely obsessed, as she showed by giving some shoes to charity.”

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