Comments on: Harry Permutt, Master Goldsmith

By: Sidney Kean

Sidney Kean — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 15:35:09 +0000

Lovely to see Harry still doing what he always loved. If Harry is still going let him know Margaret still has the ring rhe designed for her many years ago. We would love to have a meal, good bottle of wine and brandy and talk just talk.

By: Sonia

Sonia — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 14:29:47 +0000

This is so sad – and Valerie Paynter’s comment is so true:

“No consent for this site should have been legally available without provision of replacement studios for ALL these people!!!!!.”

Valerie, if you haven’t already run for office, please do so! I’d vote for you in a heartbeat. Your well directed anger is greatly needed in government to protect working people, the highly skilled small tradespeople of London.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 10:42:01 +0000

I’m so sad to read this. Dealt with ‘Uncle Harry’ over the phone for years while working at a Southampton jewellers. If he doesn’t know it it’s not worth knowing !! Such a mine of information and a real character….sad to say I didn’t meet him in person.Much respect to Harry and I’d love to hear if he’s setting up elsewhere??

By: Bridget Julia Strevens

Bridget Julia Strevens — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 17:01:11 +0000

Best of luck to Harry and keep up the struggle! We were neighbours at Panther House – in Courtyard Studio, where a couple of my illustrator colleagues have been for well over 20 years. All of us evicted last month. I was moved to take a couple of quick photos of Harry’s stuff filling the corridor as we too moved out last month. But there is some hope. I’m lucky to live off Brick Lane and near Petticoat Lane where Harry’s family started out – and me and my illustrator friends feel very lucky to have got a reasonably priced studio now on Brick Lane. All thanks to a local association which is making some kind of stand against all the big corporate developments.

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 20:04:22 +0000

Fascinating story! Sad that yet again we’re losing another piece of London and the characters in it, to disappear forever…

By: VANDA HUMAN

VANDA HUMAN — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 05:58:41 +0000

Another interesting article and yet another beautiful historic building to be destroyed for yet another block of luxury flats. Where are these gifted tradesmen going to find cost effective rentals to ply their trades,?

By: David Spice

David Spice — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 18:37:43 +0000

RE ; earlier post,

I really should have re read and spellchecked !

The jewellers in the basements not (the jewellers I, )

Chaps like Harry not (chips )

And my father worked until his mid eighties when the shakes ended his career, not checks….!

Apologies…

By: Christina Mitchell

Christina Mitchell — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 18:09:27 +0000

A very good read. What a pity this building is going to be lost.

By: pauline taylor

pauline taylor — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 16:19:29 +0000

A fascinating story and what wonderful skin Harry has got, not a wrinkle or a line to be seen. Well done Harry and may the future be kind to you, you deserve it.

By: Francesca Jobson

Francesca Jobson — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 14:41:19 +0000

Loved this story my father was a Clerkenwell Italian,if he was still alive he would be 106 years old.It made me laugh when Harry refered the inhabitants as Scillians and Italians.My fathers family came from Piacenza in the north of Italy near Milan and they also thought of the Sicilians as a different race to themselves.The northern Italians would cross the street to avoid walking on the same pavement as a Sicilian ,they believed them all to be villains!.Seams funny to think of that now.