ANNE LEFCOVITCH and MARK ‘MAX’ DAVID SPIRO

were married on 14 July 1940 at Bethnal Green Great Synagogue with the reception at the Casino Ballrooms, Redmans Rd, E1. The couple were both born in the UK. Mark’s father was born in Tarnov, Poland and mother in Minsk, Belarus while Anne’s father was born in Lodz, Poland and mother in Karlisch, Poland. Before […]

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BEATRICE ‘BETTY’ EVANSKY and SOLOMAN ‘SIDNEY’ SYMONS

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 […]

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CECILIA ‘CISSIE’ COHEN and ABRAHAM ‘ALF’ ROSENBLATT

were married on the 5 January 1936 at the East London Synagogue, Rectory Square, Stepney with the reception at The Cafe Royal, Regent Street. Alf’s parents, Sarah & Reuben, a shoe-maker from Russia, lived in Stamford Hill & had four sons & three daughters. Cissie was the middle daughter of Millie & Abraham Cohen who […]

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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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