Visitors from Australia (ex Mancunians)

By Robert Pinkus Comment Closed
David and Eva Cook are visiting St Annes in the middle of June 2019. David originally lived in Belhaven Road in North Manchester before emigrating with his parents to Adelaide, where he met Eva and they now live in Melbourne with their three children and many grandchildren. Many of our community may have known David's parents, Yaacov and Tessie Cook - Yaacov was a teacher at the Waterloo Road Jews School, now morphed into King David, and Tessie was part time cook, matron and general stand in mum to the pupils. Yaacov Cook (also known as John) passed in 2013 and Tessie passed in 2014, but they had an interesting (and secret) life during World War 2. You may be interested to read the eulogies written by their son, David, written when they both passed. (If any one would like to contact David - please email Glenys Berd at glenberd@gmail.com ) YAACOV (John) COOK EULOGY Yaacov Cook (Yaacov ben Avraham) was born on 17th June 1920.  He was an...
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