JEWISH EAST END OF LONDON PHOTO GALLERY & COMMENTARY

London's East End Synagogues, cemeteries and more......

My personal journey through the Jewish East End of London

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J Bonn's kosher hotel, 12 Great Prescott Street, London E1

The great granddaughter of Harris and Sarah Finer recently saw the photograph below, advertising J Bonn of 2 Wentworth Street and 12 Great Prescott Street.  In response she was kind enough to send me a photo of the carefully preserved 1892 Bonn's Hotel menu from her great grandparent's wedding. The menu is very lavish and it must have been quite a feast!

Harris and Sarah Finer lived their married life at 60 New Road, Whitechapel and they had many children.  Sarah died at the age of 66 in in 1931, and Harris died one year later at the age of 65.  I hope you find this little story as interesting as I did.

J Bonn, 2 Wentworth Street and 12 Great Prescott Street

Below:
1892 wedding menu, Bonn's Hotel, 12 Great Prescott Street for the wedding of Harris Finer and Sarah Fontyn.  J Bonn became Bonn's Matzos and was taken over by Rakusens in the 1970s

1892 wedding menu, Bonn's Hotel, 12 Great Prescott Street for the wedding of Harris Finer and Sarah Fontyn

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