the small co-op in the high street had gone , was now a halal butchers : the woolworths store an empty shell nobody had use for , windows boarded up , the iconic white lettering removed leaving a morse code of fixing holes dotted across the red signage ; the small tailor shop from which manny had diligently measured and stitched suits for the town 's men-folk for ever , teddy boy drapes in the 50 's , dinner jackets for gentlemen , economy line clobber for lowly office workers , now sold colourful saris that the new owners hung on rails out on the pavement like a discordant rainbow .