tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post207092806322344625..comments2024-03-29T11:53:54.303+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: A Tailor's Tale.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-87990939910393446782013-03-19T05:01:41.184+00:002013-03-19T05:01:41.184+00:00I may just call you Briony from now on!I may just call you Briony from now on!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-38156341202390562792013-03-18T22:13:25.485+00:002013-03-18T22:13:25.485+00:00My name's not Briony, and you didn't delet...My name's not Briony, and you didn't delete my comment.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-74731658930232383942013-03-18T18:44:52.156+00:002013-03-18T18:44:52.156+00:00This touched me as my grandparents were Tailors.Th...This touched me as my grandparents were Tailors.They met at a well known Sydnet tailor shop where they were doing their apprenticeships and went on to marry and have their own shop in the country,where I eventually grew up,we were always surrounded by bolts of fabric and thresda and i know the brown paper look so well.<br />As i read your blog i could smell the shop again a smell that only beeswax(used for their sewing needles to help glide through the thick suit fabric) the fabrics themselves and threads and machine oil from the industrial sewing machines..it was a lovely moment of memory.As usual thanks Cro.carole johnstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05721058683205450682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-51306379341883034862013-03-18T17:43:33.473+00:002013-03-18T17:43:33.473+00:00When I win the lottery it is my fantasy to have al...When I win the lottery it is my fantasy to have all my clothes hand made for me......including undies and shoes....and in the back-to-back museum in Birmingham is a little tailor shop just like the one you describe.libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-50420001710885279302013-03-18T16:33:46.430+00:002013-03-18T16:33:46.430+00:00Wonderful retrospective sir. Wonderful retrospective sir. Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91479115069627478562013-03-18T16:08:24.412+00:002013-03-18T16:08:24.412+00:00Well Milk Street's still there but it all look...Well Milk Street's still there but it all looks a bit modern. We have a tailor in our little town. He has a decorative spool holder in the window with all his threads on display and he also sells local honey.Andi's English Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136573194920355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-58119220573087626212013-03-18T14:52:44.688+00:002013-03-18T14:52:44.688+00:00My wife's friend, Jonathan Ashmore, played the...My wife's friend, Jonathan Ashmore, played the small boy in the film version. Hyams was much more cluttered and much busier than the story version, but very similar in many ways.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-20771660008100683202013-03-18T14:47:34.218+00:002013-03-18T14:47:34.218+00:00Have you read 'A kid for two farthings' by...Have you read 'A kid for two farthings' by Wolf Mankowitz - describes the tail end of the world of E London Jewish tailors in charming detailThe Red Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03312172211378831183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-6728753406428422092013-03-18T14:00:32.415+00:002013-03-18T14:00:32.415+00:00I can sew a bit, but to create a suit like that is...I can sew a bit, but to create a suit like that is magnificent in my book.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-81171684261311587422013-03-18T13:47:05.182+00:002013-03-18T13:47:05.182+00:00I have always been amazed at these suit tailors, b...I have always been amazed at these suit tailors, being a fan of sewing myself. I cannot call myself a seamstress anymore, but I used to sew a lot for my kids, and it was like therapy for me. Tailors today are very hard to come by. Good post.Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435370349554811512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-77024001804969619212013-03-18T13:02:20.344+00:002013-03-18T13:02:20.344+00:00And in my case, to be able to leave all the decisi...And in my case, to be able to leave all the decision making to others!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-73812739587474120262013-03-18T13:01:05.266+00:002013-03-18T13:01:05.266+00:00I'm not even sure if his old address is even t...I'm not even sure if his old address is even there now. Property prices in The City are so crazy, that high-rise blocks have been built on every available site. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-35053763770088672542013-03-18T12:58:51.801+00:002013-03-18T12:58:51.801+00:00Briony: I'm sorry I've had to delete your ...Briony: I'm sorry I've had to delete your comment. Somehow half a mile of blank space appeared after it, and it was making everything look odd. Sorry!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-13617797115518293862013-03-18T11:27:52.962+00:002013-03-18T11:27:52.962+00:00Imagine...a business that you can count on to be d...Imagine...a business that you can count on to be dependable. so rare these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-11346344826717228552013-03-18T11:12:23.910+00:002013-03-18T11:12:23.910+00:00It would be nice to think that the tailor passed h...It would be nice to think that the tailor passed his talents onto his children and someplace on Milk Street, there is a tailor today still continuing to give good and quick service to his customers. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-4538657442645804942013-03-18T09:13:04.920+00:002013-03-18T09:13:04.920+00:00'Sloping jacket pockets' - that's Jewi...'Sloping jacket pockets' - that's Jewish tailor signal language for 'this man is a cad'. You were stitched-up.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com