Mylapore’s famed street-side tailor who offered his skills in CIT Colony has passed away. Residents here say he had a heart attack on May 24.
The day after his death, those who came to his space on the pavement to collect some clothes they had given him to work on, saw a lit lamp on a stool placed where Ponnuswamy, the tailor worked for a few decades.
Said Cindura R., ” I had gone today to collect clothes I had given him but was shocked to find only a stool with a lamp and flowers and got to know of his death.”
A few others of the area also pinged Mylapore Times of this development.
Some weeks ago, this newspaper had written a story on Poonuswamy, on his long walk from his home in Virugambakkam to the tailoring spot in the colony, apposite M P Anandh School. He did this during the lockdown period, keen to bet at his post, earn his bread and serve his clients.
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First photo courtesy; Cindura R.
Below is the story in MT posted some weeks ago.
Tailor Ponnuswamy walks from Virugambakkam to CIT Colony daily: to run his streetside tailoring unit