Letters
I don't think anyone has yet mentioned the annual
sports day of the cheder, when we all went to Lealholme. One of the
highlights was the handicap race for boys, meticulously organised by Sam
Solomon. I remember one in particular in the early 1960s, when I was
leading until I lost a shoe and David Jaffa flashed past to win. There
was also a men's race which I think Harold Stock used to win regularly.
In those days there was no equivalent race for the women, but they did
make lovely sandwiches.
My bar mitzvah was almost certainly the last that Sam
Solomon taught (November 1968). I remember clearly making a slight
mistake and covering it up so no one would notice, only to hear Mr
Solomon loudly chiding me.
Michael Niman
I must say, my mother and I really
appreciate the Kehilat Middlesbrough newsletter, which my cousin David
Niman kindly forwards to me (I rarely use the internet at home get fed
up of it at work!).
A big thank you to you and David Saville for your inspiration in setting
up this virtual community and for your efforts on behalf of the
far-flung ex-Middlesbroughians. One of these days I’ll get round to
sending you a contribution!
Denis and Susan Broady moved to Cheadle (South Manchester), where my
husband and I live, a few years ago. I don’t know whether you knew that
Denis Broady had died on 15 December
2003. Susan (his widow) and Stella (his sister) would like only a
straightforward announcement in the newsletter, but no obituary. I
thought I’d let you know, just in case the grapevine hadn’t worked!
Helene Adam (nee Simons)
Just surfing the net and came across this
Middlesbrough website. My grandfather and father were born in
Middlesbrough. Zeider was Isaac Solomon, a shoe repairer in
Boundary Road, and my father was Morris Solomon, who left there
when he was young and lived in London. My name is Raymond
Solomon, was born and lived in London all my life until five
years ago when I moved here to Los Angeles.
My father had various brothers, Harry,Michael (
Mick), Dave, Sam and Phil twins and a sister called Dinah. I
know Mick had two daughters, Anne and Bernice. Dave also had two
daughters Tanya and Lorraine. Harry had a daughter, I think
called Leila. Dinah moved to the States but returned after her
divorce. I am the only Solomon boy ! I learnt in Gateshead
Yeshivah, and have been in Office Admin. all my life, although I
am now retired.
Zeider lived his later life in the Joel Intract
Memorial Home in Sunderland, where he is buried. Over the years
I have lost contact with all my family and would love to know if
anyone of my cousins are alive still and where they are !
I remember Rev Kersh and when I was evacuated
during the war went to Cheder in the shul. I also think that
Mick's wife's maiden name was Smollen. And Dave's wife Dinah was
a Hershberg. My email is
westken500@aol.com and would love to hear from anyone out
there who knew any of my family.
I have nine children, seven boys and two girls.
Two boys live in New Jersey, the two girls in Canada, Toronto
and Montreal, and have four sons living this side of the stated
in and around Los Angeles, and one son left in London.
Raymond ( Reuven) Solomon
Los Angeles, USA
