East End To Essex
Jewish Migration Routes
Edward Alan Weinberg
Gants Hill MenorahChabadilford.co.uk | Gants Hill MenorahChabadilford.co.uk |
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Gants Hill MenorahChabadilford.co.uk |
"Mm. … Rabbi Sufrin Chabad came up with the idea of having a giant Menorah. Again, Gants Hill is, of course, where his office was. He was a Cranbrook Road Jew originally but then he went to the Eastern Avenue... that’s now been pulled down, it’s in temporary accommodation in Gants Hill but a new Chabad has been built on the site of the Eastern Avenue one. Now the obvious place was Gants Hill roundabout. He came to see me, I said ‘Great idea.’ He said ‘Look, there-there’ll be no cross to the Council. We’ll finance it, we’ll get it… sponsored. Well, I said, ‘But you do realise…we don’t own Gants Hill roundabout!’ [laughing] It belongs to TFL [Transport for London]. I said y’knowIt’s uh… Charlie Brown’s Roundabout…Forwell’s Cross rather we own, but when you’re looking a roundabout we don’t know. RIGHT, who do we have to contact. I said TFL. Oh yeah, good luck working with TFL!"
"I am a when it comes to food, no bones about it. I’m a traditionalist, yeah. I love the chicken soup with the Lochschen with the Knadler. I love chopped liver. I love a nice piece of chicken. I like lochschen pudding and all the strudels and all the other bits and pieces and so do all my none Jewish friends they love it. And by the same token I enjoy a good curry. I’m flexible but Jewish life, this whole I you know the Jewish mother grabbing you as you walk through the door saying “you look hungry,” oh it’s so true. You know, don’t let anyone kid you, it’s truuuuue, you know, yeah. Isn’t that wonderful? I love the tradition, the Passover, the matzah's yeah. The doughnuts on certain festivals, this on certain festivals, honey cake for the New Year. I love it. It’s a way, a way of being part of a larger family."