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**xanaxnewtrader** · 09-13-2010, 01:14 PM

That was a very honest and entertaining read Dean. It is nice to know i share a lot of your views actually. Fortunately i know this is no oddity that i sit on a similiar wave-length to other regular Jews like yourself.

Question, if your family have lived in England for several centuries, would you not suspect that they may very well also descend from Marrano Jews who escaped to England? Also, pardon my ignorance on this area, but which counties have a greater presence of Jews?

I've wondered that myself, since the first Jews allowed into Britain by Cromwell were Marrano refugees. My family has been secular for a long time though and my parents rediscovering of their heritage during the 80s meant that most of the religious customs they took on were the local Ashkenazi sort. The only clue we have is an old picture my grandma has of a man in Eastern dress, but we don't know who he is.

My family didn't keep much history. For example, all I've ever found out about my great-grandfather is that he spent lots of time at the pub and was an avid dart player. My fathers mothers side was in the clothing business, that I have found out, and even found a picture of my great-grandfather with his business partner outside his shop, called "Bailys".

As for demographic distribution, there's always been the greatest number of Jews in the south, London and surrounding areas as thats where the trade and commerce was. Northern Jews used to be in Yorkshire (where my dads family is from) but due to the death of commerce in the area most drifted to London or Lancashire. Today I'd say the greatest concentration of Jews in England are the Golders Green/Hendon area of London and Manchester, although they're all over in small communities if you check such as Leeds and Bradford.

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xanaxnewtrader Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 408 Senior Member	That was a very honest and entertaining read Dean. It is nice to know i share a lot of your views actually. Fortunately i know this is no oddity that i sit on a similiar wave-length to other regular Jews like yourself. Question, if your family have lived in England for several centuries, would you not suspect that they may very well also descend from Marrano Jews who escaped to England? Also, pardon my ignorance on this area, but which counties have a greater presence of Jews? I've wondered that myself, since the first Jews allowed into Britain by Cromwell were Marrano refugees. My family has been secular for a long time though and my parents rediscovering of their heritage during the 80s meant that most of the religious customs they took on were the local Ashkenazi sort. The only clue we have is an old picture my grandma has of a man in Eastern dress, but we don't know who he is. My family didn't keep much history. For example, all I've ever found out about my great-grandfather is that he spent lots of time at the pub and was an avid dart player. My fathers mothers side was in the clothing business, that I have found out, and even found a picture of my great-grandfather with his business partner outside his shop, called "Bailys". As for demographic distribution, there's always been the greatest number of Jews in the south, London and surrounding areas as thats where the trade and commerce was. Northern Jews used to be in Yorkshire (where my dads family is from) but due to the death of commerce in the area most drifted to London or Lancashire. Today I'd say the greatest concentration of Jews in England are the Golders Green/Hendon area of London and Manchester, although they're all over in small communities if you check such as Leeds and Bradford.
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