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at the train and smiled at me, I knew that was
that.
Perhaps this is a good time to talk about my
“past’ - meaning the “men” in my life. There
had been many boyfriends before but there
was only one man in my life – Harold
Flowers.
Some of Sylvia’s great grandkids planting
trees Tu B’Shvat in memory of Harold -
25years
get in, the chauffeur draped a rug over my
knees and I arrived in style; meanwhile the
old lady and I enjoyed a very civilized
conversation. That made up for my “risqué”
adventures in Israel hitch-hiking! After the At a reunion (sometime 1980s?) of chevra from
requisite training period, I was given a choice the chava at a kibbutz south of Rehovot.
Trude, Lottie, Chava
of working in London or Manchester, and as Left to Right: Sylvia Flowers,
I already knew people in the Manchester Stone (Goffer), Valerie Levy, Irene Davidson
(Goodman)
branch of Habonim (having worked there for
a couple of months before I went to the David
Eder Farm) and as Harold was now in charge Habonim/Habonim-Dror Reunion - Sylvia Flowers
of the Seminars there, I decided on (Reprinted from Kol Bogrei Habonim – Vol V -2, Winter 2018)
Manchester. For one fleeting moment I So many years have gone by
wondered if I would still like Harold as much It’s difficult to remember all your names even if I try.
as I had on Hachsharah, but when he met me Still, the memories keep flooding back
And of stories to tell, there is no lack.
How we all started out with ideals and dreams
And of our varied experiences we must have written reams.
However, slowly everyone settled down
Some, like me, have ended up in town.
1953 Others decided to go back home
First Israeli In Israel they were no longer happy to roam.
baby in Garin Those that stayed had a job to do
Gimel, Amiad. Even tho’ many of us started without a clue.
Happy mum - Our best crop was the children we bore.
Sylvia Flowers We’re now into generation three and four!
The passing years have done their worst
But in the future of Israel we have not lost our trust.
Death has caused our numbers to be far less
But Habonim has made its mark in Israel’s progress.
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