Teddie beverley biography of martin luther
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People/Characters Martin Luther Smart, Jr.
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Beverly’s Jewish History, Part I
When I arrived in Beverly around 1937 at the age of nine, a great many Jewish residents worked and carried on their professions within the city and the downtown areas. Residences tended to be located away from the two main streets, but mostly within walking distance. Most of the Jewish businessmen and professionals were located on Cabot and Rantoul streets and a few in the adjoining areas. A few were employed by the United Shoe Machinery Corporation and by smaller businesses, but very few worked out of town. A two-car family was a rarity at that time and shopping was mainly downtown.
If we were to take a walk down Rantoul and Cabot Streets in the 1940s and 1950s, we would encounter a plethora of Jewish businesses as well as some Jewish professionals. Starting just beyond the Beverly-Salem Bridge and heading up Rantoul, we would pass Murray Goldfield’s auto cushions shop on our left, and as we looked across the street we would see the large brick building housing the Cantor family’s American Seltzer Bottling Company. Proceeding up to Edwards Street just past the Edwards School, we would find the Gershaw Grocery store on our right.
Proceeding a little farther, we would encounter Marv Rich’s used car lot on our right and would probably see Marv
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Hello!
It’s been a funny old August. Up here in the North East it has been very gloomy and very wet indeed except for one sunny day where we took ourselves off to Corbridge for a walk.
I love Corbridge, it’s a gorgeous little town with stacks of character, a beautiful river and one of my favourite places in the world; Forum Books.
Yes indeed, I set foot in a bookshop for the first time since March and boy did it feel good. I knew that I’d missed bookshops but I didn’t realise quite how much and found it a little overwhelming. I thought that when I first went back to a bookshop I’d spend a fortune but I only came away with two books. <Sad face>
Reading wise August was a mixed bag. I read a couple of absolute gems, some books which were enjoyable and I DNF’d a few too. I’m off on holiday in September so I’m planning some serious reading and hoping for some crackers.
Read on to see what I read, bought and received this month. As usual my thanks to the publishers and publicists who provide me with advanced copies of books.
Desert Island Books
Desert Island Books
I was absolutely thrilled to welcome author Laura Jane Williams to my blog this month to talk about her new novel, The Love Square