Actually it was 'Poulson and
Skone'...
When the shoes eventually turned up in stages, it was found that the toecaps were larger than they should have been - which meant even more bulling than ever....
One chap had been chopped before his shoes arrived - another was still waiting for
his 'tailored' shoes to arrive, so the rep. just said "These'll do you, Sir" and fobbed them off onto him.
As for 'gone for a Burton', I always thought that it meant that the chap had gone for a bespoke wooden overcoat
