His Grandparents Store Has Been Abandoned For 40 Years And He Just Got Permission To Enter

It’s no secret that most everyone has a thing for shoes, and then there are those who absolutely LOVE shoes! Yes, it’s true; shoe fanatics can be found in many places, and some will even dedicate an entire day shopping for different types of kicks, as they’ve often been referred to. And then we have the case of Reddit user, Oktober75, whose fascination for footwear may very well be the result of genetic transmission. He couldn’t really figure out why his love for shoes existed, that is, until he learned something about part of his family’s history.

On a family outing one day, Oktober75 and his loved ones paid a visit to an old store that was originally owned by his great grandparents. Much to his surprise, he came to find out that his ancestors were in the shoe business! The store itself, once known as First Class Shoe, had been locked up and fenced off for over four decades.

As it turns out, Oktober75 came to find out that his grandmother had been running the operation until she became ill and the store had to close its doors. When oktober75 and his family went inside the store, they were in for a big surprise.

What appeared to be shelves and shelves of empty shoe boxes turned out be shelves and shelves of boxes full of shoes that had gone untouched since the 1960s. Oktober75 was a little more than surprised to find that the shoes were still in great condition, and that many of these shoe styles were considered retro and worth some money to the younger shoe fanatic crowd: “I have no idea how profitable it was, perhaps that was a factor. My grandparents were known for hoarding.

My guess is they went with the mentality, ‘it will be worth something one day.’ That day came and went. As children we didn’t pay much attention to the front of the building. We were going to visit grandma and grandpa.”