Can you help identify Lottries?
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My mother Jesse Wicks worked for a clothing manufacturer in Aldgate East during WW11. She always said she had worked for a company which she called 'Lottries'. This may or may not be the correct name or it may even be a nickname. She was a tailoress and spent her war years working there making uniforms and greatcoats for the armed forces.
Jane Degras née Tabrisky
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Do you have any information about the historian Jane Degras née Tabrisky to help John Plant, Reviews and Obituaries of Revolutionary History (revolutionaryhistory.co.uk)? She was born in the first quarter of 1905, registered central London, and died in the fourth quarter of 1973. John writes: There are east London connections – for example she attended ‘Gravel Lane School’, which I think was Raines. And there are records of Tabriskys around east London, including the death of Abraham, in Stepney, who I think was her father.
Going to the dogs
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Do you have memories, or stories from your families, of going to the dogs or the races? Or what about popping down the pub in the days of the old East End? If so, JEECS member Isabelle Seddon would like to hear from you.
Fish and chips
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Hi there,
I was hoping you might be able to help me. I am working on a brand new BBC show about the history of fast food in Britain from a celebratory point of view. I am looking specifically into Fish and Chips, and much of their roots seem to come from the East End of London, and specifically from the Jewish Community.
My great great grandfather Posimensky was a cabinet maker who helped found the Spitalfields Great Synagogue
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Hello:
My name is Eliav. I am looking for information regarding my family who migrated to England in the end of the 19th century.
The family name is Posimensky. According to a diary that my great grandfather wrote, his father was one of the founders of the Machzike Hadath congregation (whose synagogue in Brick Lane, once a Huguenot chapel, was also known as Spitalfields Great Synagogue and is now a mosque).
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