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JEWISH SHOPPING

"It was a big light blue fronted store and he sold everything. But his cakes were famous."

"I spent my first
pocket money
there."

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"Very good Jewish heritage food."

"G is for Gradus,
it was run by
Sadie and Benny Gradus,
who were like the elders."

"salt beef
and
smoked salmon"

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"The best
cheesecake
I've ever tasted"

"They were open on a Sunday, cause in those days everywhere was closed
apart from G's Stores."

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"I went in there
asking for bacon
once before I realised!"

"They used to have these
massive buckets
of
pickled cucumbers
and the dog decided to drink the pickle water!"

"My uncle was a tailor.
He was the Queen's best tailor.
He had a shop in Cliftonville"

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"She used to do the front of the shop, and he would do the butchery."

"If he fired somebody
- one of the staff in the back - if he fired them,
she'd re-employ them on the way out!"

You went in there
and there was
noise
and kind of
shouting,
in a good way!

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"It was a colourful place to go to, because they were funny."

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