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I recall what I believe to be the last traditional tailors working in the area. (I believe that practice continued a bit longer in Leeds, and in Savile Row)

It was in the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester, where at least into the early 1980's traditional Jewish tailors worked sitting cross-legged upon their work benches, and shaped the garments over their knee. Using the contour of the knee as a very effective tailors' ham, and repeatedly stretching, pressing stitching.... to force the cloth into curves in three dimensions which did not have 'darts' to take up excessive fullness! Magic!