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Title: Bobby Silk, (1899 -- 1991)
Category: Oxford
Description: Bobby Silk, an East-Ender by origin, was a well known commercial figure in the Oxford Jewish community, with an interesting personal story. He was also one of the few Jewish townsmen in Oxford in the...
Category: Oxford
Description: Bobby Silk, an East-Ender by origin, was a well known commercial figure in the Oxford Jewish community, with an interesting personal story. He was also one of the few Jewish townsmen in Oxford in the...
Title: Aryeh House School in Wales during World War II
Category: Brighton & Hove
Description: Mark Negin, recalls being evacuated to Wales during the War.
Category: Brighton & Hove
Description: Mark Negin, recalls being evacuated to Wales during the War.
Title: Areya House School and Bronwydd Castle, Wales, in World War II
Category: Brighton & Hove
Description: Aubrey Zaft recalls how Areya House School, of Hove, was evacuated to rural Wales in World War II and his experiences there. Other Jewish schools were also evacuated to Wales at the time, including W...
Category: Brighton & Hove
Description: Aubrey Zaft recalls how Areya House School, of Hove, was evacuated to rural Wales in World War II and his experiences there. Other Jewish schools were also evacuated to Wales at the time, including W...
Title: A Jewish Employee of the World War II French Secret Agents of 'Section Buckmaster',
Category: Miscellaneous
Description: The following is a fascinating account by R.B. of her experiences of working as part of 'Section Buckmaster', which controlled French secret agents during the Second World War. R.B. worked in a cleri...
Category: Miscellaneous
Description: The following is a fascinating account by R.B. of her experiences of working as part of 'Section Buckmaster', which controlled French secret agents during the Second World War. R.B. worked in a cleri...
Title: A CHATHAM DELINQUENT - THE FORGERY AND SUICIDE OF NATHANIEL ISAACS, 1839.
Category: Chatham and Rochester
Description: In 1839 the principal Jewish family of Chatham - the Isaacs - suffered a devastating tragedy and blow to their reputation. Their 22-year-old son, Nathaniel, committed suicide by poison in Dover, afte...
Category: Chatham and Rochester
Description: In 1839 the principal Jewish family of Chatham - the Isaacs - suffered a devastating tragedy and blow to their reputation. Their 22-year-old son, Nathaniel, committed suicide by poison in Dover, afte...
One of the leading medieval communities in England, Northampton's Jews were given the boot in 1290. However, seven centuries later they would return to give the boot to Northampton. Read More
