Fred Murphy tends to one of the last pairs of shoes to pass through Babe's Shoe Repair on Elm Street in Waterville on Friday, his last day in business. Murphy has been a cobbler for 37 years and is hanging up the needles and thread.

Fred Murphy tends to one of the last pairs of shoes to pass through Babe's Shoe Repair on Elm Street in Waterville on Friday, his last day in business. Murphy has been a cobbler for 37 years and is hanging up the needles and thread.

Shoes that have been repaired and forgotten occupy the shelves at Fred Murphy's Babe's Shoe Repair on Elm Street in Waterville on Friday, his last day in business. Murphy has been a cobbler for 37 years and is hanging up the needles and thread.

Fred Murphy tends to one of the last pairs of shoes to pass through Babe's Shoe Repair on Elm Street in Waterville on Friday,his last day in business. Murphy has been a cobbler for 37 years and is hanging up the needles and thread.