When I was in UBAS in the late 60s, our QFIs were the only ones with flying boots. The rest of us had to make do with standard black shoes, issued with our hairy blues.
A word of caution concerning the link to Airfield Equipment in the first post. Anyone tempted to buy from that site is advised to have a look at this post
http://www.pprune.org/private-flying...ml#post8412319 and the 620 other posts on that thread, concerning the past history of the owner of Airfield Equipment!