Steve and Caan have five children and nine grandchildren, plus a dog, Lilee, who comes to work with them.

Once situated next to Howards Market (now Trader Joes in the Riviera Village), Windham Shoes is located at 306 Avenue I (at PCH), phone 310-375-1981. The store is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9am to 6 pm.

The best way to feel better about yourself is to help someone else, Steve said, when asked about his philosophy of life. You dont know what someone has been through until you walk a mile in their shoes. Wise words from a man who knows a thing or two about shoes.

known for his role in The Beverly Hillbillies but was also a talented hoofer who tap danced with Shirley Temple onscreen. While prepping for a dance role in St. Louis, Buddy turned to Steve to repair an old pair of tap shoes. The tap shoes had wood sown into the toe, and were in need of Velcro straps so Buddy could take them on and off quickly between costume changes. Academy-award winning actor Ray Milland was also a customer.

Steve was raised in the Riviera and attended Parkway Elementary School (which was located on Paseo Miramar, one block east of Torrance beach where the Riviera Beach Colony now sits), South High and El Camino College. He was one of the original Junior Lifeguards and played Little League Baseball and high school football.

Steve was drafted into the army in 1969 with a shoe repairman military occupational skill designation. He put those skills to good use at the Martin Army Hospital in Georgia where he make leg and hand braces for injured military men. He then spent a year in Quang Tri Vietnam, just 12 miles from the demilitarized zone, where he was the battalion commanders driver and the mail man. He made specialist 5th class and served nearly two years in the army.

Whereas he once worked in the shoe repair shop side-by-side with his father and grandfather, today Steve works with his wife, Caan, his daughter, Lisa, and Tim Winter, a loyal employee for 30 years. In addition to repairs, Windham Shoe Repair sells a wide variety of polishes, dyes, brushes, shoelaces, paints, water-proofers, insoles, arch supports, shoe trees and heel grips, and also duplicates keys.

He may not be a preacher but Hollywood Riviera resident Steve Windham has been saving soles for nearly 50 years.

Steve is the owner of Windham Shoe Repair, a Riviera Village staple since 1954. The store was first opened by his father who learned the art of shoe repair from Steves grandfather,

who himself was an apprentice in the 1920s. Steve took over the business in 1981.

In an age where most young people associate the word cobbler with a baked fruit dessert, the chances of finding a third-generation shoe repair specialist is a rarity. Cobblers learn their craft by apprenticeship, as the trade is not taught in schools. During the Great Depression shoe repair shops totaled approximately 130,000 nationwide. That number has dwindled to roughly 7,000 today.

Our shop has thrived because there will always be customers who want to maintain their fine leather shoes, boots, purses, belts and even luggage, said Steve. Its a lot more economical to restore a nice pair of dress shoes than to buy something new.

One of Steves frequent customers was actor Buddy Ebsen, who was best

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