Jews by the Seaside

Jews by the Seaside

Pam Fox • London

Pam will be talking about her book which describes the rise and decline of Bournemouth’s Jewish hotels and guest houses within the context of Anglo-Jewish history, the growth of Bournemouth as a premier resort and the evolution of its Jewish community. From the first small Jewish boarding houses in the late nineteenth century, the book charts the emergence of ever-more luxurious hotels during the inter-war years, capturing the heady atmosphere and glamour of the ‘Big Eight’ hotels and the more intimate environments of the smaller establishments in their heyday following the Second World War. Based largely on interviews, the text is replete with humorous and poignant memories and stories.

For the last fifteen years Pam Fox has been working full time as a Jewish historian, researcher and writer. She has developed a specialism in writing books and articles on modern Jewish history largely based on memories and stories to bring their narratives alive. Her recent books include: The Jewish Community of Golders Green: A Social History, History in the Baking – The Rinkoff Story, and Jews by the Seaside, The Jewish Hotels and Guest Houses of Bournemouth. Her latest book Noshtalgia, The Bloom’s Story was published last year. She is currently working on a new book about the famous Grodzinski bakery.