were married on 26 February 1939 at the Great Synagogue, Bethnal Green Rd with the reception at the Princes Galleries in Piccadilly. It was catered by M.Stern & Sons of Dalston with dancing to the Embassy Band. Sidney was a ‘poultry dealer’ & unusually for those days owned a car. Betty’s father, Symon, was a self-employed ‘master tailor’ while Sidney’s father, Marks, was a cabinet maker, born in Poltava in the Ukraine. The couple lived in Gilda Crescent, Stamford Hill for more than 35 years and had three children, Sheila, Mavis & Michael.

