Comments on: William Fishman, Historian https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/29/william-fishman-historian/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 04 Apr 2020 08:55:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: chris savory https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/29/william-fishman-historian/#comment-1334407 Sat, 04 Apr 2020 08:55:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160543#comment-1334407 bill was the principal at tower hamlets college of fe ,as it became,when i was there in 1968.

a truly inspiring local academic.

]]> By: Lisa Benecke https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/29/william-fishman-historian/#comment-1291437 Thu, 06 Jun 2019 11:04:11 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160543#comment-1291437 I was a visiting student at Queen Mary in the 90’s. Professor Fishman co-taught one of my lectures, and it was my privilege to go on his Ripper walk, or as he called it, “Fishmania.” He was such a lovely man and a wonderful lecturer. I’m so glad I got to meet him. May his memory be a blessing.

]]> By: Yvonne Buffman Cheyney https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/29/william-fishman-historian/#comment-1172670 Sun, 08 Oct 2017 08:09:56 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160543#comment-1172670 We were all so young back in 1958. I have never forgotten these travels and how informative Bill was. One of the stories was that when he looked at the visitors book at the town hall in one of the cities in Belgium – in 1940 it stated “We welcome our German allies.” In 1944 or 1945 the same visitors book stated “We welcome our British allies.” I have never forgotten those statements. Pretty powerful. In Pachendale the guns are stuck in the ground next to the markers and some of the helmets on top of them have bullet holes. Dr. Fishman passed along history that many of us can pass along to generations. I celebrate his life and times.

]]> By: Yvonne Buffman Cheyney https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/29/william-fishman-historian/#comment-1172667 Sun, 08 Oct 2017 08:05:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160543#comment-1172667 Bill was my head teacher at the Bethnal Green Institute when I went for evening classes after I left school in 1958. I went with him and a group to Europe 2 years in a row mainly paying respects to the battlefields at Pachendale. Bill had his wife and 2 young boys with him. I still have quite a few pictures in black and white. W

]]> By: Anthony Pollock https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/29/william-fishman-historian/#comment-1170950 Fri, 29 Sep 2017 13:49:28 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160543#comment-1170950 Bill was my teacher at Morpeth
Street between 1949/1953.
He was an inspiration to me and
Many others Inc.Brian Hall.He
helped us out long after we left
School,he was truly a great man
Long may he be rembered

]]> By: Paul Loften https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/29/william-fishman-historian/#comment-1170920 Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:22:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160543#comment-1170920 Bill Fishman one of my heroes.

]]> By: Stephanie Maltman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/29/william-fishman-historian/#comment-1170916 Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:03:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160543#comment-1170916 He was generous, kind and inspirational. Much loved and much missed.

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/29/william-fishman-historian/#comment-1170909 Fri, 29 Sep 2017 07:57:39 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160543#comment-1170909 Nice to see the photos of Bill, he was a fantastic man. Valerie

]]> By: Hilda Kean https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/09/29/william-fishman-historian/#comment-1170906 Fri, 29 Sep 2017 07:30:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=160543#comment-1170906 A reference to Bill’s meeting with a number of Oxford “distinguished historians” would include Raphael Samuel both an initial Oxford student and subsequent historian at Ruskin College, Oxford. Like Bill, he also lived in the east end in Spitalfields Elder Street.

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