Comments on: So Long, Shloimy Alman

By: Naftali Trenter Moser

Naftali Trenter Moser — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:45:24 +0000

Shloimy We miss you – you have been gone for almost a year. Your remarkable photos stay in my mind as a record of an era and of precious values and traditions. I try to picture you walking around and being part of all these experiences. The photos also give an indirect glimpse into my own childhood in faraway Melbourne. You created a very important record. We cherish your memory and our very many days spent together on Kfar Daniel, and now with Linda and the family.

By: esti dan-gur

esti dan-gur — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:42:29 +0000

So sad that our dear Shloimy has passed! So wonderful that he leaves a legacy of photos, chronicling the history of Jewish life in the East End. One of his photos is of the soup kitchen where my father would come to buy a roll and a bowl of soup for 1d. in 1940. As a refugee from Hitler he found himself penniless and used to walk from Shepherds Bush just to get to the soup kitchen.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:14:01 +0000

This is a wonderful tribute to Shloimy, our dear friend, who is already so sadly missed.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 05:05:11 +0000

My husband first met Shloimy in 1955 on their first day of infant school. He was asked to take care of this four year old Yiddish speaking boy. I became friends with him in 1968. Such a special friend, now so sadly missed. He has left an amazing legacy with his photographic history of a bygone era both in London and Manchester. Rest in peace, you are loved and missed and always remembered.

By: David Green

David Green — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 12:59:35 +0000

The Food Inspectors would lose their minds if they saw any of this today, and shut them down.

By: Paul Shaviv

Paul Shaviv — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 01:47:47 +0000

Is there an album of this collection of photos????

By: Ros

Ros — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 19:58:33 +0000

I love these photos that so affectionately conjure up the sights, sounds and smells of yet another vanished world. They draw you right in. I’m sad Schloimy has died – I think I’d heard he was in poor health – but am grateful for his beautiful legacy.

By: David Cantor

David Cantor — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 15:40:00 +0000

The C H N Katz sign is still there on Brick Lane. Also, after my great-grandfather passed away, my great-grandmother married Meyer Zigmond a wine merchant whose premises were at 97 Commercial Road. Fourth image down.

By: Rob Cherry

Rob Cherry — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:33:01 +0000

Thank you GA for honouring this soul. You do a great service to him and the wider Spitalfields community.

By: Adele Lester

Adele Lester — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 14:04:27 +0000

A walk through my childhood! Baruch Dayan Emet. (Rest In Peace Shloimy)