My Grandma had a younger brother Larry (Uncle Larry). Because her mother was unwell, Grandma Dianne used to look after Uncle Larry a lot. She would walk him to school, and then to cheder every day after school [ask grandma how far this journey was]. Uncle Larry used to get picked on at school, and Grandma used to fight his battles for him (this continued in later life when they would work together).
While at school she became very involved in Bnai Brith wich was very strong in the Provinces. She was also the president of the Bnai Brith girls. Most people involved in Bnai Brith went on to be lawyers and doctors.
After my Grandmother got her GCE (General Certificate), she decided not to go to
college baecause her family needed her to start work as soon as she could. She was able to get a job with the goverment (civil service). She hated her job at the goverment though. Since jobs were easy to come by, she was able to get office jobs .
When my Grandmother took time off to have my father, she started working part time
for an estate agency until her second child (my aunt, Hannah Rothschild[Williamson])
went to nursery school. In 1980 she she joined her brother (my great uncle--Uncle Larry) in his upcoming recruitment agency and translation company, and retired in 2007 at the age of 58. My Grandma was a senior manager in this company, and was known for her bluntness and no nonsense attitude--all delivered in a polite unflustered way.
My Granmother now lives Raanana with her second husband Stuart Miller. They made aliya in 2011. She has five grandchildren; Me,Yoav(my brother), Millie(my sister) and my cousines Eva and Benjamin Rothscild. We love her very much and she is one of the most impotant role models in my life שתזכה לחיים ארוכים
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| Grandma Dianne and her Brother Larry |
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| Grandma Dianne and I |
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| a playbill from a play Grandma Dianne was in |
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| Grandma Diaane's GCE results |
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