Comments on: Manny Silverman, Tailor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/29/manny-silverman-tailor/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Desmond gammon https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/29/manny-silverman-tailor/#comment-1218156 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:35:50 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58860#comment-1218156 Hello
I’m writing on behalf of my Dad He went to the boys club at around 1941
He would really like to get in contact with some of the old members. He is 89
Please contact me if anyone wiykd like to arrange a meeting.

]]> By: lynda solomon https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/29/manny-silverman-tailor/#comment-1181240 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 09:23:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58860#comment-1181240 Hi Manny – remember me? Lynda from Lynda & Myra? Gerry & Betty? We have bumped into each other from time to time at corporate “do’s”…………Funnily enough I bumped into Lillian on Sunday evening in a restaurant – just after seeing “that Film”………………….

Would love to speak/e-mail…………..and catch up………….. love and kisses, Lynda

]]> By: Chris Harris https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/29/manny-silverman-tailor/#comment-1159532 Mon, 24 Jul 2017 22:25:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58860#comment-1159532 Hi Manny

Do you remember me from London R C? You coxed us once in the Head of the River in full morning dress! Good days.

Best wishes

Chris Harris.

]]> By: Lawrence Rubinstein https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/29/manny-silverman-tailor/#comment-1136602 Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:49:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58860#comment-1136602 I met Manny in the early 1980’s after he acquired Norman Hartnell , although my late father and I were suppliers to Moss Bros before he left them.

We did a little work with him and a man called Colin Hammick, who was MD of the Savile Row Tailors, Huntsman. The idea was to make in our London factory 100% cashmere men’ s overcoats and sell them through Goverall to the Japanese market. Looking back it does seem very conveluted now, but I still enjoyed the experience of working with these gentlemen and companies. I am unsure as of today 20th February 2017 if Manny is still with us and how is is keeping. If he is still with us I hope my very best regards reach him

Yours sincerely,
Lawrence Rubinstein

]]> By: John Foot https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/29/manny-silverman-tailor/#comment-1002644 Thu, 20 Aug 2015 01:35:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58860#comment-1002644 Manny always a pleasure to read about you. I just found this while playing with Google. What a nice lunch we had at the Ivy a couple of years ago. Hope you are well.
John

]]> By: Mary Cayzer (Nee Pape) https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/29/manny-silverman-tailor/#comment-622890 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:51:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58860#comment-622890 Hi Manny – The sad demise of Brian Potter has brought back many memories of what was then called Potters Holiday Camp. Hadn’t thought of the ‘Bumblies’ in an awful long time! I still have a photograph of you in your wellies and some sort of night attire! (What was all that about?!!)
It was quite a shock to learn of Brian’s passing and I cant begin to imagine the place without his presence.

With kind regards.

Mary

]]> By: barbara willis https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/29/manny-silverman-tailor/#comment-493505 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 15:42:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58860#comment-493505 Hello Manny,

So lovely to have caught up with you, I do not know if you remember me, I worked for you at Balls Pond Road, and later at Covent Garden. I retired to South East Spain some ten years ago and I am called The President of a large urbanisation, so I am still doing office work etc., Please drop me a line if you are not too busy.

Regards Barbara

]]> By: Lewis https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/29/manny-silverman-tailor/#comment-354511 Thu, 29 May 2014 19:08:57 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58860#comment-354511 Manny, I enjoyed the read. Lot of memories about the menswear business there, and I thank you for bringing them to the surface. You’ve got a son in his forties? Jeremy, wasn’t it? Seems like only a few weeks ago he was three or four or whatever and I drove him around Hampstead Garden Suburb in an open sports car while you had a Saturday-afternoon meeting in Howard Walk with old Harry Moss. I still drive an open sports car, but in northern Florida the roof stays down most of the time. Not like London, that’s for sure. And I remain the eternal optimist, hoping to live long enough to see Spurs win the league again. I’ll probably be 120 when it happens! I watch every game, and they don’t get any better:(

Zei gezunt.

Lewis

]]> By: carol mary omahony nee looby https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/29/manny-silverman-tailor/#comment-55237 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:42:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58860#comment-55237 Hello manny, I enjoyed readikng about your life story.
By any chance were you related to silverman family, known as sinclair tailored clothes 151 city rd., e c 1.?
I worked for them in the 60s..happy days.
Moss bros was one of tneir biggest customers.
I am tryi g to trace any of the living family.
I was in the main office for yrs until I got married and started my family.
Would love to hear from you if you wouldnt mind please.
There was sam, len henry philip and leonard silverman, also mabel.
Thank you and god bless,
Carol mary o mahony, nee looby

]]> By: ruth https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/03/29/manny-silverman-tailor/#comment-42226 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:07:57 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=58860#comment-42226 I love this post of yours – so full of humanity…you have a real ability to persuade your interviewees to peel away their outer layers and reveal whatever is at the core. I wanted to come to your launch but I would have come alone and I was too shy. When I saw the pictures I felt really sorry I hadn’t come.

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