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YourNextLevel:
I rock am in my 70s

#1 Factory road Aba

. U be confirmed nwa aba walai....olee way my guy

You just took me down memory lane. I one girl in my primary 5 class that used to wear the black one. It was a very rare type. I had a crush on the girl because of that. lol

Lol..... May dad and these shoes are like 5&6. You must wear with stockings else your ankle will hear am. I suffer for these shoes ehh

Bata and Lennards,…..if you know you know.

Factory used to be in Ojota.


Their old factory is now the GAC assembly plant on ikorodu rd.

The good ol' days........

I rocked the "play time" sandal by Bata in secondary school. It was stole and I still bought another. Big boys with "dark tan" shoe polish in their bags.

Zik Avenue primary school, short cut through Kenyatta....

Racoon:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CTKZwsFBG/

If you attended government school for Onitsha you must know this cortina or even wore it back then

I guess that's where we coined the name for footwear from in the South West init?

I still have my own I wore in primary school till this day

Everlasting leather footwear

Racoon:
Rocked these nice strong shoes back then in primary school from Kingsway stores @ Lagos Island. Nostalgic times! Don't know if BATA still exists

Bought them right from the Bata Shop in Ilorin in the 70s and 80s.

They had these templates where you placed your feet and they used them to give you the best fit.

Inrember running into classmates with their parents and siblings.......



Will such days ever come back for Nigeria?

Dpaulie:
My children still using it

Na for where you see am buy?

with white sox to match.Mushin Olorunsogo b4 challenge, ojota . Those years wey Public skools dey sweet private nowadays skools..Those years of LSTC,BOLE KAJA PLANK LORRIES

Paulmartins26:
If you attended government school for Onitsha you must know this cortina or even wore it back then

You don't need to have attended Government school in Onitsha to know about Cortina shoes from Bata, it was the standard school shoe for all school children from the 70s and throughout the 80s in Nigeria!

Wow

Racoon:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CTKZwsFBG/

Still relevant today

sweetkev:
Bata, Dunlop tyre, Leventis all left this God forsaken country long long time ago.

Leventis still dey. Dey just moved there HQ from iddo house to vi. Dem get many companies under them now like frigoglass etc. Bata still exist in other African countries. Though Bata came back like few years ago to market their tomy takkies sneakers in naija but they gone now again.

In your 70s?
How old are you now?
😂 😂 😂
Damn!
You must be older than Methuselah right now

YourNextLevel:
I rock am in my 70s

#1 Factory road Aba

Arthurnna:
Zik Avenue primary school, short cut through Kenyatta...

Nwa 042 Confirm! Nostalgic times I tell ya.

Who told you indomie generations didn't rock dis shoe!
2000s wore this shoe to primary schools!

Dogalmighty17:
Indomie generation won't even know what this shoe is. This shoe was the no. 1 recommended shoe for all primary schools in Nigeria then. We were all looking smart and immaculate then with our white socks to match.

Oh! Let's not forget, the shoes had a very distinct and pleasant scent as well. Cortina doesn't see a shoe makers shop cos they don't spoil.

We bin dey use am play junior students dat year

But it will not be like when it first came out. All the qualities and materials used on it now will be substandard!

Dpaulie:
My children still using it

Dogalmighty17:
Indomie generation won't even know what this shoe is. This shoe was the no. 1 recommended shoe for all primary schools in Nigeria then. We were all looking smart and immaculate then with our white socks to match.

Oh! Let's not forget, the shoes had a very distinct and pleasant scent as well. Cortina doesn't see a shoe makers shop cos they don't spoil.

The footwear is still much in existence. Some Secondary schools are still currently using it as a uniform in Anambra state.

🤣

My mum bought new one for me I used it as goal post, how it disappeared till today, I can't explain. Leather was leather.

Love800:
But it will not be like when it first came out. All the qualities and materials used on it now will be substandard!

Well, I'd say yes, but I buy from FAMAD STORES... and all BATA stores in Ibadan has changed to FAMAD STORES in the past 15 to 20 years or so....and they claimed formerly BATA.

[quote author=YourNextLevel post=135202179]I rock am in my 70s

Do you mean you're over 70 years old

shoodboi2:
So, it's Cortina? We used to call it "container" back then. The original of these shoes were something else. They were ugly, but they last. You will have to throw it away back then because it can outlive you if you're not careful.

Na lie na people wey go local school dey call am container.......container ko consumer ni

Dogalmighty17:
Indomie generation won't even know what this shoe is. This shoe was the no. 1 recommended shoe for all primary schools in Nigeria then. We were all looking smart and immaculate then with our white socks to match.

Oh! Let's not forget, the shoes had a very distinct and pleasant scent as well. Cortina doesn't see a shoe makers shop cos they don't spoil.

I tell you! Indomie generation will think Bata is a type of snack.

Best quality in its era, the brand still exists though.

dibunotion:
This is a coordinated attack on Genz

This made me laugh quite a bit

Mrtaye:

Na lie na people wey go local school dey call am container.......container ko consumer ni

I didn't attend a public school, and there is absolutely nothing wrong in attending one. That said, those Cortina shoes were expensive and was generally out of the reach of public school students.