BETTY LEVINE

Betty Levine was born in Whitechapel in August 1925, one of three sisters. Her father was Lithuanian and mother English. Betty went to school in Ely in Cambridgeshire & then trained as a nurse at Redhill County Hospital followed by a period at the Women’s Hospital in Soho Square. She was also employed as a […]

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KATE ‘KITTY’ AARONOVITCH and ALEC ‘ALF’ GOLDSTEIN

were married on 21 January 1940 at Stepney Orthodox Synagogue with the reception at the Embassy Ballrooms in Bow E3. Both Kate & Alf were born in 1910 in the UK. Kate’s parents came from Vilnius, Lithuania & Alf’s from Poland. In WWII, Alf joined the Army and was based in the UK. He subsequently […]

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SYLVIA SWIRSKY and MOSES ‘MO’ BLOK

were married on 18 December 1932 at the Stamford Hill Beit Hamedrash Synagogue. Sylvia was born in Kirsanov, Lithuania in 1908 and came to the UK with her parents, Abraham & Udice, in 1912. Mo was born in Groningen, Holland in 1908. He joined the family sack business & as part of his training came […]

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