Come Outside: Series 2: Boots

Auntie Mabel and Pippin have been out for a walk and they got caught in the rain. Auntie Mabel’s Wellington boots have holes in them and her feet are wet. They fly in Spotty Plane to the shoe shop in the High Street but Auntie Mabel is dismayed to find they have sold out of boots in her size. So they fly on to The Gates Rubber Company, a factory where they watch Wellington boots being made. There Auntie Mabel shows us how the rubber is pressed flat, a lining is glued on, the rubber is formed into the shape of a boot, and soles and heels are added. Auntie Mabel buys a new pair. She tells the story of Martha the firefighter who couldn’t get her boots off until everyone came to help.