Read the Transcript G.S: Oh, no no no. I mean I used to go with her to meetings, into the meeting house but she would never have. No, no, she wouldn’t want to convert me or anything. No, no, that wasn’t in it. And at first I used to listen, because I don’t know whether… Continue Reading Gretl Shapiro – Integration
Read the Transcript G.S: Yes, yes. INT: She actually brought you up? G.S: Yes. She did yes. She brought me up, she paid for my education. She was wonderful, really, an extraordinary woman. Never made you feel you owed her anything, always approved of what you did. A fabulous woman, really. INT: Did she welcome… Continue Reading Gretl Shapiro – Settling In
Read the Transcript G.S: Well, yes. My sister was already here and we arrived at Liverpool Street Station and I remember there was a sort of barrier and my sister was standing there waving madly, but we were rushed away because I think that we had to catch a train to Coventry. And so I… Continue Reading Gretl Shapiro – Immigration
Read the Transcript NT: How did you come here? G.S: I came with a children’s transport which was arranged by the Quakers, the ‘Society of Friends’ INT: And where had you come from? G.S: I had come from Vienna INT: Why had your parents allowed you to come? G.S: Well, they could see no future… Continue Reading Gretl Shapiro – Life Before The War
Read the transcript: G.T: Five children. G.T: My oldest son died at 42 about 12 years ago. We had twin girls, another daughter and a son now in London. INT: And when did you move to Hamilton? G.T: 1986 when my wife died I moved to my daughter’s. INT: Before that where did you live?… Continue Reading George Taylor – Reflection On Life
Read the transcript: G.T: No, not really. INT: Anyone in the Jewish community? G.T: No. I did my own thing. G.T: When I started work my boss introduced me to this guy about six feet odds and a couple of years older than me. He said, “This is big Alec and he stays in the… Continue Reading George Taylor – Integration
Read the transcript: G.T: Yes, I stayed there for a bit. I was in Glasgow maybe one or two weeks and they arranged a job for me at a Jewish firm, Berman Brothers in Ritchie Street. It was only recently that they pulled the building down. It was a furniture place making hold ups and… Continue Reading George Taylor – Settling In
Read the transcript: G.T: Yes INT: Was your mum there to meet you when you came? G.T: No she wasn’t. That’s another wee story. G.T: You were only allowed to take ten shillings (marks?, ed), no matter how much money you had and one suitcase. You packed as much as you could and you put… Continue Reading George Taylor – Immigration
Read the transcript: G.T: My mother got my brother out. He came over the day the war started. He was twenty four and had just got married in Hanover. He too was supposed to have gone to Israel. His wife came from the same town where we had stayed. He was on a boat crossing… Continue Reading George Taylor – Life During The War
Read the transcript: INT: And where were you born? What was the name of the place? G.T: Ostpreußen – East Prussia which is now Poland. After the Second World War it became Poland. The little place is called Gilgenburg G-I-L-G-E-N-B-U-R-G. INT: And do you have any idea how many people lived there? G.T: Not very… Continue Reading George Taylor – Life Before The War