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In 1958 three girls from Newport, about 20 Ivrit. However, from most of our Winter
kilometers from Cardiff, joined Habonim and Activities I had lots of friends all over the
came every week. country, (including a boyfriend or two).
Only a few of us from Cardiff had so much
contact with the others in our Movement.
However, once there was a National Activity
in Cardiff. I can't remember the year, but it
was a "Mercaz", and Movement-Workers
from all the big Kinim came to Cardiff. This
was a big event for our little Ken. (Maybe it
is in the Archives? [Editor’s note: it is and
was at Carmarthen]).
On the Shabbat morning of that meeting, my
father insisted that everyone should go to
Shul!! I believe they all did.
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Some Cardiff Ken at the 90 Anniversary
Celebrations. From left – Angela
(Hexner) Bengur, Brenda (Wolfson)
Winkler, Judy (Wolfson) Davies
I remember one crazy thing we did in 1957.
It was during the Russian invasion of
Hungary. We collected money for the
refugees by singing Hebrew songs outside
non-Jewish houses and telling the neighbours 1962 – Summer Camp.
that it was Hungarian!!
From the left Angela (Hexner) Bengur, Svi (Harvey)
Since Cardiff was a port, when Norman, our Shapiro, Francine Levy, Gerry Frazer, Brenda
Madrich, told us that an Israeli ship had (Wolfson) Winkler, Avril Baron, Madrichah Brenda
docked with oranges, we all went to help. My (Samuels) Landes. Photo by Madrich, Adrian
Andrusier
parents invited some of the crew to our house
for a meal. Machon
Rachel, my sister and Judy Wolfson, our
Every week, of course, there was the weekly
meeting. We often had our Vatikim meetings second cousin went on Machon. Rachel
at Norman and his wife Eileen’s house. came back in 1965 and took over Cardiff Ken
Eileen was so kind and hospitable, and very for a while, until she went to Manchester,
much a Madrichah. where she lived in the Bayit. She taught in the
"King David School” and had a group of
National Activities Amelim. When Judy returned, she ran
As I had been almost every year to camps, in Birmingham Ken while studying Drama.
1958 I actually did not go to camp. Instead, However, after this Cardiff Ken ceased to
Mavis and I went to Switzerland, to Davos, exist, as all of the active members were
for a European Summer School, for learning scattered.
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