Eleanor Fanyinka
Eleanor tells us how her relationship with her Keepsake has changed over time.
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Reading prayers from the Torah, Lag B’Omer, Stamford Hill, Hackney, 2013
Irish family emigrating to Canada, 1966
The Finnegan family from Dublin on board the Empress of England, about to leave Liverpool for Toronto. Mr Finnegan and his wife had thirteen children, ten of whom are in the photograph. Their other three children were due to join them at a later date. Mr Finnegan, a fitter and welder, had as yet no job arranged in Canada.
WW2 commando boots of Yaacov Schloss
Yaacov Schloss was born in Gelsenkirchen Westphalia in 1924. His parents were murdered in Auschwitz in September 1942. Following the outbreak of war, he travelled around Europe before joining the British Army (Pioneer Corps) in Algiers around 1944.
In 1945 he joined the Jewish 3 troop 10 Commando unit, where he served until 1947.
He lived the rest of his life in North West London, known to all as Jack Scott.