The thing about big feet is that they run in the family, a fact not lost on customers responding to the closure of one of Chapel Street’s oldest businesses. “My mother started going to this store in the 1940s, and I have been going for over 40 years,” Liz Dods said. David and Stuart Rosenberg are saying goodbye to the family business after more than 120 years.
Credit: Penny Stephens “I don’t know what my size-13 feet are going to do now.” After more than 120 years, Rosenberg Shoes in Windsor will close its doors for the last time in July. The business is no longer viable for the family who started it.
Loading Four generations have sold big shoes to owners of above-average-sized feet since the store was established in 1903. Starting with David, the shop passed to Marcus, another David and then Stuart Rosenberg – its current owner, who ha made the tough decision to move on. This week, original David’s customers’ kids recalled tears of joy when they’d first found fashionable shoes that fit.
“I first discovered you while I was in Melbourne for work. We were on a bus, my friends spotted your shop, and we all got off and raced back,” Deb McDonald wrote on social media. “I’m so grateful for you recognising that women with large feet are not unusual or freaks.
” Melissa Hicks-Lorenz said she had shopped at the family-run business as a grade-6 kid. She said she had now started taking her niece, “who also stands at a proud 6′1 and has a size-13 shoe”..