Stamford Hill memories!

amother

Stone ↓

Fri, Aug 04 2023, 12:09 pm

Akslers, that place was amazing! Wasn't it called house of Aksler? There was a very old man in charge who watched you with eagle eyes and just this whole entire mishmash of stuff. Souvenirs, toys, chatchkes. It was kind of like the room of requirement in Harry Potter.

Sharons bakery. It wasn't the best bakery (grodz definitely is!) but they stayed open all night and their bread was pretty good. We would go after pesach and buy freshly baked round white rolls, which was all they sold on motzei pesach and bring them home to eat with butter. (a much much better idea than pizza imho)

Remember those giant colourful meringues grodz sold? And I swear the hot snacks tasted better when I was a kid.

Who remembers the (sadly) pretty short lived Carmellis that opened for a few years (about 98/99 it was open). I loved their tuna bagels!

amother

↑ Aubergine

Fri, Aug 04 2023, 12:54 pm

And the tramp whom we called yankel the shlepper…

The development where ilan square is now?

The old monkey bars on Clapton common next to the pond

Kadimah hotel before it was redone. No idea what’s there now. And manor hotel I think it was called which became someone’s private home

amother

Grape ↓

Fri, Aug 04 2023, 6:39 pm

amother Stone wrote:

Akslers, that place was amazing! Wasn't it called house of Aksler? There was a very old man in charge who watched you with eagle eyes and just this whole entire mishmash of stuff. Souvenirs, toys, chatchkes. It was kind of like the room of requirement in Harry Potter.

That was Mr. Aksler:) we used to buy tights there. They came in a small plastic container with a navy blue lid!

Sharons bakery. It wasn't the best bakery (grodz definitely is!) but they stayed open all night and their bread was pretty good. We would go after pesach and buy freshly baked round white rolls, which was all they sold on motzei pesach and bring them home to eat with butter. (a much much better idea than pizza imho)

Remember those giant colourful meringues grodz sold? And I swear the hot snacks tasted better when I was a kid.

There is nothing quite like that Hot Snack!

Who remembers the (sadly) pretty short lived Carmellis that opened for a few years (about 98/99 it was open). I loved their tuna bagels!

↑ Debbie ↓

Sat, Aug 05 2023, 5:59 pm

amother Hyacinth wrote:

Wasnt Ross Bakery where little people is now?

Little People is where Sharon's Bakery was or perhaps one door away.
Ross Bakery was nearer to Stoke Newington.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sat, Aug 05 2023, 6:09 pm

Ross Bakery was where Buckingham or Rottenberg`s greengrocer is currently.

Where Sharons Bakery used to be is now Joseph`s silver and the shell station.

Who remembers those chocolates wrapped in a ladybird wrapper from the old Breuer and Spitzer? They were such a treat! Also Tommy bears- they came in blue and yellow packets and were delicious!

amother

Ecru

Sat, Aug 05 2023, 6:09 pm

Debbie wrote:

Little People is where Sharon's Bakery was or perhaps one door away.
Ross Bakery was nearer to Stoke Newington.

Sharon's and little people definitely coexisted, I think they were a couple of doors down.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Sat, Aug 05 2023, 6:10 pm

Ruchi wrote:

Before that it was Martins.
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Mrs Leah Jacobowitz had bought off Russell's Lingerie Shop and eventually relocated to Tulips, where Smada Nassim (daughter of Moses Supermarket) sold clothes .

And then she went on to be the headmistress of Satmar senior school!!

amother

Charcoal ↓

Sat, Aug 05 2023, 6:25 pm

Ha we used to love house of asklers as kids

Got my ears pierced in the chemist next door

And lol Tommy bears not just a sh thing but those were the best the yellow pack was my fav with the white and milk choc but the blue parev pack a close second !

Yes the hot snacks yum

And... Avigdor the best primary school with Rabbi W o"h

amother

↑ Stone ↓

Sat, Aug 05 2023, 6:32 pm

amother Ecru wrote:

Sharon's and little people definitely coexisted, I think they were a couple of doors down.

I am almost very sure that Sharons was the very last shop on that row.

Remember Moses supermarket? Mr Moses was the father of the woman (can't recall her name - was it Sharon????) who owned Sharons. He ran the supermarket with his sons. Or maybe the sons ran the bakery too. They were an Adeni family who actually lived in Hendon or GG.

Once, when I was very young, I was sent to buy some baked beans from Moses supermarket. I picked up a can and went to pay, to be informed by Mr Moses that my family did not eat that hechsher.

DreamerForever ↓

Sat, Aug 05 2023, 7:11 pm

Debbie wrote:

If my memory serves me correctly Monks was indeed on Egerton Road, there's a Solicitor's office there now, I think in the same area.

Monks had these two sweet older ladies who would smile at me as a kid, and prod me to taste a strawberry or grape when I went along with my mother Smile

sweet memories.

Yes, it was exactly where the solicitor's place is now.

↑ DreamerForever ↓

Sat, Aug 05 2023, 7:14 pm

Ruchi wrote:

It was owned by Frischman, I'm wracking my brain trying to remember the name.
Before that, there was a womans clothing shop called Classic Collections.

Does anyone remember Russell's on Amhurst Parade? It was a lingerie shop.

It was called 'Hebrew book and gift Centre.' Not such a memorable name.

Don't remember the lingerie shop. I probably wasn't buying lingerie yet; or wasn't born yet at the time Wink

↑ DreamerForever ↓

Sat, Aug 05 2023, 7:20 pm

amother OP wrote:

I`m not that old but who remembers

Ross Bakery
Safeway Savers
Netto
Teddy Bear
Woolworths (not in Stamford Hill proper but still...)

British Home Stores in Wood Green...

anything else?

I remember when Netto opened. I was probably around 7 or 8-- and for months, maybe a year there was this huge sign that said 'Netto shopping village coming soon'. I passed it every day on the way to school, and my sisters and I used to chant the words on the sign whenever we passed. We were so excited for it to open Smile

In the end it was not very exciting. Except perhaps for the shop 'Me and my baby' which was full of interesting shmontzes and bits.

↑ Debbie ↓

Sat, Aug 05 2023, 11:34 pm

[quote="DreamerForever"]It was called 'Hebrew book and gift Centre.' Not such a memorable name.

I thought Hebrew Book And Gift Centre was the one owned by the now late Mr Hochhauser, the shop moved from Cazenove Road to Amhurst Parade; I'm pretty sure Shloimy's Judaica used to be The Gift Centre owned by the Frischmans.

↑ Ruchi ↓

Sun, Aug 06 2023, 1:21 am

[quote="Debbie"]

DreamerForever wrote:

It was called 'Hebrew book and gift Centre.' Not such a memorable name.

I thought Hebrew Book And Gift Centre was the one owned by the now late Mr Hochhauser, the shop moved from Cazenove Road to Amhurst Parade; I'm pretty sure Shloimy's Judaica used to be The Gift Centre owned by the Frischmans.

Yes. You are correct on all.