JEWISH
EAST END OF LONDON PHOTO GALLERY & COMMENTARY
London's East End Synagogues, cemeteries and more......
My personal journey through the Jewish East End of London
A memory of Princelet Street
Synagogue and Lipman's shoe shop, 19 Princelet Street - by
87 year old (January 2008) Anne Sloman
"I remember 19 Princelet Street well, but not
entirely as a shool. It was the home and business of the Lipman
Family. The shop front held Mr. Lipman's shoe repair business, the
back of the building the family living rooms. Upstairs, I assume
were the family sleeping
quarters
I was dating the son
Harry around 1940, and remember we were sitting in the
kitchen / living room
which joined the shop front. A number of people were walking through
the back yard, I asked where they were going was told they were
going to Shabbat evening services."
So now you know
- Until recently the building was a shoe shop and family home with a
Federation synagogue built over what would have been the back
garden.
Post script: In May 2009 I received the
following letter re: the Lipman family:
Dear Phil,
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I
was reading this page on your website and was very interested to
find an article from lady called Ann Solman who remembers 19
Princelet Street as the business and home of the Lipman family, and
that she was dating the son called Harry in 1940. Harry Lipman
(photo left) is my father and he is now 91, but sadly not with a
great memory any more, but still able to hold a conversation. When
doing a bit of research to this I found out on his marriage
certificate that he lived at number 33 Princelet Street. I thought
this may be of some interest to you, I also have enclosed a photo of
him taken outside number 19 a couple of years ago.
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