14 WHITECHAPEL ROAD

In 1931 Boris moved from his second London studio at 150 Whitechapel Road to larger premises at 106 Whitechapel Road, and by 1934 he had purchased a former pub at 14 Whitechapel Road (pictured) which was converted into a studio, with living accommodation above. This became Boris’s best known studio where he firmly established himself as the photographer […]

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ANNIE ‘NICKY’ SHAPIRO and NATHAN ‘NAT’ BEERMAN

were married on 29 December 1940 at the Great Synagogue, Commercial Rd. Their wedding night was spent at the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch but had to take cover in an air-raid shelter due to a bombing raid. Nicky was born at the London Hospital Whitechapel in 1913 – her mother was from Kiev and her […]

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REBECCA ‘BECKY’ SHOOB & ABRAHAM ‘ALF’ SOBELL

were married on 17 July 1932 at the Great Garden Street Synagogue in Whitechapel. The page boys were Becky’s nephews, Basil & Stanley Shoob & the bridesmaids were the sisters of Becky & Alf – Sarah ‘Sadie’ Shoop (later Brick) & Rachel ‘Ray’ Sobell (later Waterman). The couple started life in Brady St E1 & […]

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SIR JOHN EDWARD COHEN

(known as Jack Cohen) was born in 1898 in Whitechapel, the son of a Polish tailor. In 1917 he joined the Royal Flying Corps, serving as a canvas maker. In 1919, using £30 of his demobilisation gratuity, he set himself up as a market stall holder in Hackney by buying surplus NAAFI foodstuffs. With a […]

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ELSIE PLISKIN and ISRAEL ‘VICTOR’ PLISKIN

first cousins aged nine and six at the wedding of their cousin Minnie Pliskin, a milliner, and Barnett Cooklin, a cabinet maker, on 11 December, 1932 at Jubilee Street Great Synagogue. Victor’s winged collar was specially made by the outfitters Mays in Whitechapel Road, next door to the famous ‘Blind Beggar’ pub. Victor later married […]

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