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Posted By: Hedgehog Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 17th Oct 2011 2:13pm
Anyone know any recent history of this famous name from Birkenhead.
There's not much on Google but I did see a link to an insolvency meeting in 1980. Surely they did not go bust that long ago??
Posted By: mikethetrainman Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 17th Oct 2011 3:15pm
HI, when i left school in 1975 my first job was working for beno-dorn,s the tailors in grange rd west [the old deaf school}. MY job was apprentice tailor my boss mr beno dorn worked for hyman jacobs then left to open his own tailoring buisness well before mr hymans closed his around i think? 1980/1981??. Then we were all made redundant in 1980 from beno-dorn,s he had shops in liverpool/birkenhead x2/ and chester.We had some happy times and memories in the b/head shop.
Posted By: davew3 Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 17th Oct 2011 3:21pm
Himy Jacobs top end of Grange road ,got my first suit from him, their is a topic about Grange road and I think a photo of Himies shop.
Posted By: LambrettaGeoff Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 17th Oct 2011 8:59pm
Hi ,, who was the tailor on borough road , if my memory serves me right it was next to a record shop , I think it was called rox records
Posted By: chriskay Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 17th Oct 2011 9:05pm
Don't know about Hymie Jacobs, but Beno Dorn has a board out on St. Werburgh's St. outside Chester cathedral.
Posted By: goodoldphil Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 17th Oct 2011 9:42pm
Hymie Jacobs had a reputation for making really good suits, don't think I could afford his prices - I got my last tailor made suit from Alexandre in Grange Road. He and most of the other tailors of his day all sold made to measure suits, you went in and got measured up, went back for a fitting and the suit was made individually for you, but of course you had to pay for the service. They were killed off when made to measure suits sold by the likes of C & A and M & S became more customer friendly and you could mix and match the jacket and trouser sizes because off the peg suits were much cheaper than tailor made.
Posted By: Spellbinder Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 18th Oct 2011 5:38am
Does anyone remember Vic Lewis - he sold made-to-measure suits at his Rock Ferry shop in New Chester Road near the Bedford Road traffic lights?


Posted By: Hedgehog Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 18th Oct 2011 6:49am
The reason I asked is that I've just bought a HJ suit from Age Concern shop in Hoylake. It looks like the guy who had it must have died on the day he got it because it is in pristine condition! 100% wool and quite heavy and very well made!
I suppose it must be more than 30 years old if HJ went out of business in the early eighties?
Posted By: bert1 Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 18th Oct 2011 6:55am
Good job for you they never buried him in it Clocko.
Posted By: mikethetrainman Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 18th Oct 2011 9:46am
hi, Was there any old 5 or 10 or 20 pound note,s in the pockets?. When beno-dorns closed his shop in liverpool north john street in 1978/79 i was in the shop cleaning out the shop on my own i found a big metal box full of some rare army badges cloth/metal they must have done uniforms in the war? anyway me being honest i asked the manager who at the time was walter smith mp {wirral} could i have them he said no!. They ended up going the tip anyway what a shame! all those rare badges. cry cry cry cry
Posted By: bert1 Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 18th Oct 2011 9:57am
I'm pretty sure my mate got his first Merchant naval uniform off Hymie, his first job was on one of the Empress boats and he had to dress for dinner. 4th engineer which made him officer class.
Posted By: kenisherwood Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 18th Oct 2011 1:47pm
Hymie's shop was in Grange Road where the new Asda shop is. In the late 50's he moved over to the other side of the road by Bibby and Perkins. It was an expensive item a made to measure suit but they were well made. I bought my wedding suit from Hymie in 1960 and I still have it although I only wear it now for funerals and there are too many of thoes!
Posted By: jimbob Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 18th Oct 2011 9:52pm
I bought a made to measure suit off Hymie in 1968.Its a black one which i got for a funeral and still have it{yes for funerals} Then the next two also made to measure where off the tailor who's shop was directly opposit Halmington square station. {heads getting to old to remember the name of the shop.}
Posted By: 2005wireman Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 19th Oct 2011 1:36pm
My mum was left a house in a will and the lady who pass it on to my mum used to date him,He used to have a green jaguer which he pick the young lady up.We would be sitting on the edge of the kerb outside my parent house.looking at this posh car.Back in them days it was rare to see a jaguer.Must have been in the 70s
Posted By: marzie Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 21st Nov 2011 11:31pm
the tailor on borough rd was a chap called mr barry, he moved from his first shop near to the blackpool supper bar in conway st.
Posted By: kaycee Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 30th Nov 2011 1:05pm
I bought my first bespoke suit from Hymy when I came out of the army in 1959.I went back in 1960 for my wedding suit which cost £30gns,I was earning about £10 a week at Lairds.I remember going for a fitting and trying on the half made jacket,Hymy tore off one of the lapels he was not happy with, nothing left the shop until Hymy was satisfied.You did not go to Hyman Jacobs if you wanted a suit tomrrow or even next week.Those were the days when we all wore a suit when we went out ,even to the local.
Posted By: alanandlinda Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 7th Jan 2012 10:47pm
i worked for hymn jacobs 1977 great fun hard work but lot fun customers always happy
Posted By: derekdwc Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 8th Jan 2012 9:40am
Had my first suit from Hepworths in Grange road and only had one more made to measure suit after that for my wedding. Luckily after that the wife's cousin used to pass along some of his tailored suits as he was a salesman and used to buy a new one every 6 months
Posted By: sandrajill Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 8th Apr 2019 6:50pm
My great grandfather was Hymie Jacobs. Do you have a photo of him or the shop?
Posted By: bert1 Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 9th Apr 2019 5:23am
Originally Posted by sandrajill
My great grandfather was Hymie Jacobs. Do you have a photo of him or the shop?



He always had an advert running during the interlude at the cinema, perhaps 60s/70s

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Posted By: sandrajill Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 30th Dec 2019 10:07pm
Hymie Jacobs was my grandfathers brother. I live in the US. Would love to hear more stories about my family from Liverpool.
Posted By: sandrajill Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 31st Dec 2019 7:06pm
Where is the photo of Hymie's shop? My grandfather was his brother. I live in the US.
Posted By: yoller Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 2nd Jan 2020 3:20pm
From the London Gazette, 1979.

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Posted By: OldGuy Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 21st May 2023 8:31pm
I was taken to Hyman Jacobs to collect a coat, I cannot remember if it was a jacket or an overcoat, I was aged about 6 or 7, I do not remember being measured only collecting the coat,
once outside the shop, dad told me to look through the pockets, and I found a Sixpence.
80 some years later, I still remember that moment. What a great to way to plant a memory!!!
A fantastic tailor and salesman.
Posted By: RayW333 Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 19th Jun 2023 8:03pm
I always used Jacksons or Burtons in the 60's, always had to look smart in those days to go clubbing.
I did get one suit from HJ ,wasn't impressed lol
Posted By: RayW333 Re: Hyman Jacobs the Tailor - 19th Jun 2023 8:22pm
I always used Jacksons or Burtons in the 60's, always had to look smart in those days to go clubbing.
I did get one suit from HJ ,wasn't impressed lol
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