Tag: Elizabeth NJ

20th July

20th July. Thursday. Off again to New York,
straight to the U.N. building, waited in
a queue for 2 hours to get into the
assembly rooms. Earphones in every seat,
and everything is translated in 5 languages.
A great hush and the President addressed
the meeting, asked if any delegate had
anything to say, the delegate from
Ireland got up and proposed an
adjournment till to-morrow at 2-30, this
was unanimous, so that was that, what
a disappointment for everybody. Came
out and had lunch in the U.N. cafe,
wrote some cards, and then went into
town, saw a most hilarious picture
“A guide to the married man, never
laughed such a lot for years, what a
cast, could see it again, then
went in for tea, and back home to
Elizabeth, arrived tired by happy.
Had dinner, and am settling down to
do some writing.


19th July

19th July Wednesday. Back again in New York
where Nellie, Mildred and I saw “Man
of La Mancha, it was really great,
not everybody’s cup of tea, but certainly
ours, afterwards we met Michells’ Blanche [?]
and all went to dinner, what a wonderful
person she is, afterwards took a stroll
through Greenwich Village, then back to Elizabeth.

[Man of La Mancha was a Broadway production, the original 1965 production ran for over 2000 performances, and won multiple Tonys. A later film starred Peter O’Toole]

17th July

17th July. Monday. Nellie, Millie and I
got busy packing Millie’s vallice,
and it was a good job done, and as we
intend going to New York to-morrow had
an early night.

[The plan had been to stay in Elizabeth for two weeks… presumably the riots changed that.]

16th July

16th July, Sunday. Very quiet day, everyone
glued to the telly, violence is spreading
and hope it keeps away from Elizabeth,
Irvington was threatened, but the rioters
were forced back.

[Like many in America, Minnie’s experience of the riots was principally through television. There is a documentary film about the riots: “Revolution ’67“.]

15th July

15th July. Saturday, had a lazy morning,
intended going to Newark for the afternoon,
but the riots broke out, and Newark
was sealed off. The shooting, fires and
looting was shocking. Barney not knowing
of the trouble went to call on his customers
and was extremely lucky to get back home
without any harm.

[The Newark riots of 1967 actually started on the night of July 13th, inflamed further by shootings on the 14th. By the end of the riots, 26 were dead (including one police officer and one firefighter) and over 700 injured. The riots have also appeared in a range of books, films and television programmes – as backdrop or as focus]

14th July

14th July Friday Spent the morning in
Brooklyn & went to Elizabeth after lunch,
where I was met by Max. The family
came home from business, we had dinner
then Blanche & Barney came and spent the
evening here.

Colourful postcard picture of Fulton Street - Heart of the Shopping District, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo by Ewing Galloway, published by Herbco Card Co. A "Colorpicture" publication.
Fulton Street – Heart of the Shopping District, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Colourful postcard of Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo by Ewing Galloway, published by Herbco Card Co. A "Colorpicture" publication.
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y.

9th July

9th July Sunday. To-day was certainly
my day, the girls had a catered
dinner for more than 40 people,
everything was delicious. Firstly
I was presented with a beautiful
corsage of pink carnations, after
the meal the caterer brought in
a most beautiful cake, all iced
in pink, and what a size,
never seen anything like it in
my life, modestly I cut the
first slice, and then the caterer
finished the job. then the girls
presented me with a beautiful pink
fountain pen, and the relatives gave
me packages, frankly I was a bit
embarrassed, however it was marvellous

8th July

8th July. Saturday. Had a quiet day,
went shopping etc, as I am still
tired from the Expo. For a change
had an early night.

7th July

7th July Friday. My stalwart Jack
and Mary were at the station
last night to greet me, and what
a reception, you would have thought
I had been gone for a year. Have
packed my bags once more, and am
en route to Elizabeth. Arrived O.K.
and went with Blanch & Barn to
their temple which I found very
interesting.

[Attending Shul/Temple would have been interesting as, like the majority of British Jews, Minnie attended Orthodox synagogue while most North American congregations are in either Reform or Conservative movements. More here.]

26th June

26-6-67 Monday. Spent the day with
Blanche at Irvington. Went to
Elizabeth in the evening and
back to Irvington.