What does this conversation mean? What does 'boots' mean?

- Micky Flanagan (to a woman in the audience): Have you got an education?
- Woman: Not really.
- Flanagan: How far did you get in your education?
- Woman: Boots.
- Flanagan: Boots? How high up were you in boots?
- Woman: Consultant.
- Flanagan: See! I told you you look like quality.

This is a part of a conversation that Micky Flanagan had with an audience member during a comedy performance (Micky Flanagan: Out Out Tour). (I watched this performance on YouTube.)

What does 'boots' mean? And what does this conversation mean - what kind of education does this woman have?

2015-08-28T12:17:02Z

Micky Flanagan is an English comedian. He has a thick cockney accent. The performance was in Essex.

Goddess of Grammar2015-08-27T23:36:50Z

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Maybe she (or you) misheard the question (how far did you get with your education?) and she meant she works at Boots, which is a big chain of stores in the UK.

Son of T32015-08-27T22:24:21Z

If in the USA, it could be the woman is or was in the military and "boots' is boot camp.