Ambrose Peverell
A cobbler at number forty-two, with a pair of dancing shoes to think about.
Look closer at the illustration ↗Ambrose works in Amberwick Passage. Clara Mallowdene’s dressmaking shop is directly opposite, close enough for their working lives to meet in the course of an ordinary day.
His story takes him from the bench to the Three Lanterns, where Saturday means a dance. The preparations matter, but the evening does eventually put the shoes to use.
Back in the Passage, his shop belongs to the same neighbourhood Jonah Fenn passes on his round. The stories can meet there without requiring you to have heard them in any particular order.
People they know
Jonah Fenn · From the illustrated world of Candlebury Jonah Fenn
A longstanding customer
Jonah has known Ambrose for more than twenty years; Ambrose has resoled his boots.
Clara Mallowdene · From the illustrated world of Candlebury Clara Mallowdene
His neighbour and dancing partner
Clara's dressmaking shop is opposite Ambrose's workshop. They dance at the Three Lanterns and walk together on Sundays.
Places in their stories
Amberwick Passage
A London street that slopes towards the river, one lit window after another.
Ambrose and Clara in the workshop, from Ambrose the Cobbler and His Dancing Shoes.
Ambrose’s cobbler’s shop
Number 42, Amberwick Passage, with a carved boot above the door.
Clara at her shop door, after the dance.
Clara’s dressmaking shop
Across from the cobbler’s, a lit shop window and rooms upstairs.
A short scene from here
One more turnStories
Ambrose and His Dancing Shoes
A pair of dancing shoes draws Ambrose Peverell out of his workshop and towards an evening with Clara Mallowdene.
With Ambrose Peverell, Clara Mallowdene
The Lamplighter’s Round
Walk Jonah Fenn’s evening round, from shop windows and familiar doorways down to the last lamp by the river.
With Jonah Fenn, Bartholomew Bellweather, Rosie Fenn, Kit Fenn, Constable Dimmock, Edward Bellweather