Sorry guys, tailoring bore… 
Not at all, it’s interesting when you share stuff like that.
Nope, great stuff !
Collarteral Damage
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For A Few Collars More
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Full Metal Jacket.
I win.
Dayum I’m good at this kind of thing 
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A world of Pfaff
Beat me to it.
It’s not just the stories themselves Ritchie, though those are great, you have a gift for actually writing them down in a way that’s interesting, authentic and easy to read - a natural “voice” a lot of so-called authors would kill for.
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I’d have to think up an angle, its already been done…
Sure, but that’s someone-else’s stories in someone else’s styles.
This is true @Wayward
You have a deep knowledge of your craft and history of Savile Row and it’s characters, past and present - who wouldn’t be interested Ritchie.
You could tie (no pun intended) in the history side of it with Dave’s @chelseadave amazing knowledge of the 60’s London music scene.
I suggested Dave should also write a book for the same reasons - it’s an amazing period of British history.
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Combined tailoring version of Hollywood Babylon and a BBQ cookbook.
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Its quite funny, I’ve always despised the sort of Swiss Tony side of the trade but love the craft and the traditions of it. I love the old boards and the old equipment. Stuff handed down…
I do firmly believe that the generation before mine are the very best craftsmen the trade has known (I was lucky to catch the tail end of that). Not just here but in Italy, Cyprus and other places. Time was that any sewing tailor would come to London to make his fortune and end up spending the rest of his life in a little workshop in Soho…
There is probably a social history story there and maybe my own experiences of it might be interesting but I guess I’d want to tell it warts and all and I’m still part of the trade. I have discussed it with Kerri a lot before, she has always said we should write a book, We keep saying I should dictate and she’ll type, we never get around to it. Maybe when I’m a bit older and the kids have gone, possibly we’ll have a little more time. At the moment we need to turn a quid! 
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There’s a book right there - The Golden Threads of London
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More like, Savile Row: Boulevard of Broken Dreams.
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“From rags to Ritchies”
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just keep recording when you have those moments of lucidity, time has a funny habit of blurring. if nothing else they will be lovely things to play in older age and hand down to your family
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That’s how Lenny henry did his books, dictated, then he edited it once written down