Comments on: So Long, Ahmet Kamil https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/10/so-long-ahmet-kamil/ 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, 23 Apr 2020 18:53:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Daniel Hawes https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/10/so-long-ahmet-kamil/#comment-1336699 Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:53:30 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=180771#comment-1336699 I was shocked and saddened to read this as when I lived in Stoke Newington Ahmet was my go to cobbler. I have a pair of Church shoes in my wardrobe now that he fixed for me about 5 years ago. RIP

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/10/so-long-ahmet-kamil/#comment-1335960 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 20:18:12 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=180771#comment-1335960 Mr Ahmet Kamil — R.I.P

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Clem https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/10/so-long-ahmet-kamil/#comment-1335931 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:04:58 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=180771#comment-1335931 Devastating news…

Ahmet will be greatly missed. He was so professional, helpful, friendly. Such a good ambassador of the neighbourhood. He was much appreciated by all his clients, including us.

Thoughts and prayers for his family.

This is one of my favourite poems. I hope it can help:

”
When I feel overwhelmed by destruction

Let me go down to the sea,

Let me sit by the immeasurable ocean and watch

The surf beating in and running out all day and night.

Let me sit by the sea,

And have the bitter sea winds slap my cheeks with

Their cold damp hands,

Until I am sensible again.

Let me look out at the sky at night,

And let the stars tell me of limitless horizons and

Unknown universes,

Until I am grown calm and strong once more.”

Marjorie Pizer

]]> By: Alex https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/10/so-long-ahmet-kamil/#comment-1335927 Mon, 13 Apr 2020 12:36:06 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=180771#comment-1335927 Such sad, sad news which brought me to tears. Ahmet was a not only a great shoe mender but simply a lovely man who was a pleasure to be around. He often lent his shop window to community groups for local exhibitions. This a great loss to Newington Green which will never be the same. Sincerest condolences to his family.

]]> By: Janet https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/10/so-long-ahmet-kamil/#comment-1335886 Sun, 12 Apr 2020 19:57:36 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=180771#comment-1335886 This is really sad news . I am in tears reading this . I went to Ahmet’s shop many times over the years from nearby Stoke Newington and also when I worked in the local library.
Newington Green will really not be the same. Heartfelt condolences to the family. RIP X

]]> By: Roberta https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/10/so-long-ahmet-kamil/#comment-1335763 Sat, 11 Apr 2020 20:11:33 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=180771#comment-1335763 A wonderful soul. So saddened to hear of his passing. I was one of his loyal customers and everytime I visited his shop I thought ‘what a nice man this guy is!’

There would always be some other guys in the shop wanting to chat with him while he was so deeply absorbed in whatever he was doing and I remember always thinking this guy must be so popular, they never leave him alone!

He would always try to find a solution to whatever problem I had. Whenever I had something I wasn’t sure how to fix, I would think ‘maybe the guy in Newington Green knows how to do it’. Last time I went there he helped to straighten a bolt from my bed that was bent, saving me a dreaded trip to Ikea to find a replacement or even a new bed base. Always with a smile on his face.

May you and your father rest in peace. Newington Green won’t be the same without you.

]]> By: Menna https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/10/so-long-ahmet-kamil/#comment-1335710 Sat, 11 Apr 2020 17:09:49 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=180771#comment-1335710 What a lovely man and friend, as a family we actually have been coming here for everything for around 30 yrs cos u know he will fix it and not rip u off, I once came with a pair of stilettos tbat were too high and he cut them back for me.. not many peo0le would even bother with that..will miss him and his chats but let’s hope his son takes over. Eakshamla

]]> By: Linda Granfield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/10/so-long-ahmet-kamil/#comment-1335694 Sat, 11 Apr 2020 15:44:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=180771#comment-1335694 My condolences to Ahmet’s family–what extreme losses for them.

I’m sure that joyous smile and those twinkling eyes will be long remembered.

]]> By: Marcia Feldmann https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/10/so-long-ahmet-kamil/#comment-1335690 Sat, 11 Apr 2020 15:32:37 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=180771#comment-1335690 This is so incredibly sad . I’ve gone to this shop for years and he was such a nice man .
Sending my deepest sympathy to Ahmet’s family .

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/04/10/so-long-ahmet-kamil/#comment-1335685 Sat, 11 Apr 2020 15:12:12 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=180771#comment-1335685 What a very sad loss, to Ahmet’s family, and to the whole community. My sincere condolences to all the Kamil family. I trust that in time Tevfik Kamil will still feel able to carry on the honour of his father and grandfather, through ensuring this wonderful service thrives; particularly in such an elegant end setting of this 17th century building. May Ahmet and his father rest in peace, and with thoughts to all those other families who have lost beloved family members to this terrible virus.

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