Who made your suits in the 60s

[St Petre]

What about Ashley Rogers on City Road (Manor Top) ? Good reviews,, not sure about own cloth tho'.

[Alextopman]

48 minutes ago, St Petre said:

What about Ashley Rogers on City Road (Manor Top) ? Good reviews,, not sure about own cloth tho'.

Ashley has retired, it's his Son who runs it now.......

[martin441]

Used to go to a tailors on Bridge  St.  Can't remember the name ;  was  it Levis   or one of Barney's shops . Can anyone help !

Edited February 2, 2022 by martin441

[Slinny]

The only tailor I knew near bridge street was bill Manley’s had  shop on corparation street they say he worked for Barney goodman, he was hit and miss with the suits I had a few off him. Mine were nowhere near as good as barney but cheaper 

[Slinny]

On 02/02/2022 at 18:37, Slinny said:

The only tailor I knew near bridge street was bill Manley’s had  shop on corparation street they say he worked for Barney goodman, he was hit and miss with the suits I had a few off him. Mine were nowhere near as good as barney but cheaper 

Sorry name off tailor was bill Mackley. First thing I got off him was sports coat 1962  cost £12 over a weeks wages at that time . 

[Padders]

I'm sat here thinking,

My Grand daughter is 18, and Grandson is 16.

What I'm thinking is their could be a wedding looming in the near future.

And I haven't got a suit.

The last suit I bought was for my wedding in 1967.

I remember traipsing all over town for it, and back then their was a tailor on every street corner, I settled for John Collier "The window to watch"

Anyway up, believe it or not, I still have it tucked away in a wardrobe.

So I thought I would try it on.

Chuffin ek, It's shrunk,

The trousers will no longer do up properly, and the jacket feels very tight, it must have been a fault in the manufacturing process.

So I'm thinking of getting a new one......

 

Right, like all sensible beings, I wish to get my clothes shopping done as quickly as possible, but this is not allowed when your having something tailored.

I remember the nightmare of purchasing my first suit, first of all, the man in the shop will want to measure every single part of your body, and his tape measure is made by the people who make bathroom scales.. I don't care what it says: I do not have a 38in waist, just as I do not weigh 16 stone.

After you have been humiliated, and fondled, you will sit down with a book full of nothing but material. All of it looks exactly the same to me. The tailor can do his best to tell you that some of the fabric is heavier, of warmer, but frankly I can pick one blindfold and it won't make a jot of difference, if it's grey it'll be fine.

At this point they ask you to choose a lining and, while you know it doesn't matter, your tempted to go for summat a bit mad.

I wanted to present an outward appearance of sober restraint, but I knew that behind the facade of sobriety beats the heart of a Californian surfer, so I chose lime green.

 

Then they ask you how many buttons on the front, and how many I'd like on the cuffs-none isn't an option, then for no reason at all, what sort of pockets do you like, and where they should go, and how far down the heel of my shoe the strides should reach, it was like doing a test in a subject that I knew absolutely nothing about.

However, with that done, there was a sense I could get out of the shop and back to the bothersome business of making a living.

But no,

I had to make to make an appointment to go back for a fitting, and my head was screaming , "Why?"

I'd been in the shop for what seemed like a year, and now a further day is needed for a fitting.

 

Eventually, I received a call to say that my new suit was ready, and so, having primed my cheque book for what would be a Eurozone assault on it's core, I made yet another trip to town to collect a garment I didn't really like or agree with.

I'm wondering if old Cuttsie has got an old Barnies cast off he could donate,

I really don't want to go through that again.

 

[Mr Bloke]

Hmmm...

Now not wishing to put a spanner in the works, Mr Padders...
... but are you SURE they're going to be inviting you?

 

It'd be an awful waste of money to get yourself sorted with a 3 piece made-to-measure if you're just going to wear it to do the gardening!

 

But I suppose if you managed to wangle the reception to be at Padders Bar then they'd HAVE to invite you!

 

And a promised wedding gift of a personal appearance by those world famous keyboard virtuosos, The Baubles, playing the wedding march might just help to convince the happy couple (one way or the other).

 

I know I'd PAY to see THAT! (well, maybe not ACTUALLY pay!)

[cuttsie]

1 hour ago, Padders said:

I'm sat here thinking,

My Grand daughter is 18, and Grandson is 16.

What I'm thinking is their could be a wedding looming in the near future.

And I haven't got a suit.

The last suit I bought was for my wedding in 1967.

I remember traipsing all over town for it, and back then their was a tailor on every street corner, I settled for John Collier "The window to watch"

Anyway up, believe it or not, I still have it tucked away in a wardrobe.

So I thought I would try it on.

Chuffin ek, It's shrunk,

The trousers will no longer do up properly, and the jacket feels very tight, it must have been a fault in the manufacturing process.

So I'm thinking of getting a new one......

 

Right, like all sensible beings, I wish to get my clothes shopping done as quickly as possible, but this is not allowed when your having something tailored.

I remember the nightmare of purchasing my first suit, first of all, the man in the shop will want to measure every single part of your body, and his tape measure is made by the people who make bathroom scales.. I don't care what it says: I do not have a 38in waist, just as I do not weigh 16 stone.

After you have been humiliated, and fondled, you will sit down with a book full of nothing but material. All of it looks exactly the same to me. The tailor can do his best to tell you that some of the fabric is heavier, of warmer, but frankly I can pick one blindfold and it won't make a jot of difference, if it's grey it'll be fine.

At this point they ask you to choose a lining and, while you know it doesn't matter, your tempted to go for summat a bit mad.

I wanted to present an outward appearance of sober restraint, but I knew that behind the facade of sobriety beats the heart of a Californian surfer, so I chose lime green.

 

Then they ask you how many buttons on the front, and how many I'd like on the cuffs-none isn't an option, then for no reason at all, what sort of pockets do you like, and where they should go, and how far down the heel of my shoe the strides should reach, it was like doing a test in a subject that I knew absolutely nothing about.

However, with that done, there was a sense I could get out of the shop and back to the bothersome business of making a living.

But no,

I had to make to make an appointment to go back for a fitting, and my head was screaming , "Why?"

I'd been in the shop for what seemed like a year, and now a further day is needed for a fitting.

 

Eventually, I received a call to say that my new suit was ready, and so, having primed my cheque book for what would be a Eurozone assault on it's core, I made yet another trip to town to collect a garment I didn't really like or agree with.

I'm wondering if old Cuttsie has got an old Barnies cast off he could donate,

I really don't want to go through that again.

 

I will need your inside leg , your chest size , which way you hang and turnup preference . O n here if you don't mind , mine still fits me but may be to big for you , 

[Padders]

5 minutes ago, cuttsie said:

I will need your inside leg , your chest size , which way you hang and turnup preference . O n here if you don't mind , mine still fits me but may be to big for you , 

I've never got that "Which way do you hang sir"

It dunt seem to go left or right, it's just perpendicular?

 

[cuttsie]

38 minutes ago, Padders said:

I've never got that "Which way do you hang sir"

It dunt seem to go left or right, it's just perpendicular?

 

I hang to the left find it easy to handle