who or what were the fifty shilling tailors.?

Answer 1

It was Burtons the tailors. 50 shillings in 1960 converts to £38:25 today, have a look at this site, I love it.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency/results.asp#mid
Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Burtons were the fifty shilling tailors. There logo was , no suits over fifty shillings £2 50

Answer 3

A chain of high street tailors who claimed to produce a made to measure suit for the sum of fifty shillings - or £2.50 in modern money. By the 1960s it was part of Britain's largest retail group, UDS. More information concerning that can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lyons

Answer 4

Burton's late 50's through till early 60's
then people like Colliers/Nevil reed Harry Fenton and the west end/east end tailors jumped on the MOD gravy train.that was more like ten bob a week for 20 weeks for a decent two tone three piece and either £3 for a Ben Sherman or £2-50
for a Brutus shirt, great days.
korky

Answer 5

John Colliers

Answer 6

The average wage in the 1950s was around £8 a week. I remember my father getting £4 a week on one job. So £2.50 was just over 30% of an average man's weekly wage.

Answer 7

Henry Price & Co. (Founded 1905) Later bought by UDS and
Subsequently by Burtons.

Answer 8

Was it Burtons? Not sure, but whoever it was, they claimed to be able to provide a suit for £2.50! Those were the days, my friend.

Answer 9

max bygraves had a song called the 50 bob suit

Answer 10

I think it was either Burtons or John Collier's, hope this helps.