The old Synagogue at Spring Gardens, Bradford.
Joyce Hoffbrand, Born 1933
LIFE IN BRADFORD’S JEWISH COMMUNITY
Joyce Hoffbrand remembers the Bradford Jewish community she knew when she arrived in the city in the early 1950′s. She writes about her own family and the people she recalls from her first few years in Bradford. She married Eric Hoffbrand, whose family were in the tailoring trade. Included are her memories of the change from Spring Gardens, Manningham to Springhurst Road, Shipley, and the predictions of synagogue member Quentin Nisse which finally came true in November 2012, when the new Orthodox synagogue, which had opened in 1970, closed its doors.
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Source: Compiled from internet sources in 2021 by Alex Reid.
Connected life stories:
Her husband Eric’s uncle: Hoffbrand, Philip. Born 1896. (12 pages). Tailor.
Her husband’s first cousin: Hoffbrand, Barry. Born 1934. (15 pages). Physician, teacher and editor.
Her husband’s first cousin: Hoffbrand, Victor. Born 1935. (204 pages). Professor of Haematology.