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The [[Wolifson family]] was a small part of the larger [[Woolfson family]] mainly based in Glasgow and with a slight spelling variation to their name.
 
The [[Wolifson family]] was a small part of the larger [[Woolfson family]] mainly based in Glasgow and with a slight spelling variation to their name.
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[[File:Screenshot 2025-10-13 at 23.48.06.png|thumb|right|500px|[[Wolifson family]] Fete for the [[Glasgow Commission of the Jewish National Fund]], July 1944.]]
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The Wolifson's ran a guest house in Ayr in the 1930s and 40s called 'Aryeh House'.  It was opened in 1938 and advertised under the names of the mother and daughter team of [[Mrs E. Sless]] and [[Mrs F. Wolifson]].<ref>Jewish Echo - Friday 27 May 1938</ref>  In 1944 they advertised a 'FETE! In Aid of the Jewish National Fund Tuesday, 18th July TEA at 4 p.m. — AT —— WOLIFSON’S “ ARYEH HOUSE,” 21 MILLER ROAD, AYR'.<ref>Jewish Echo - Friday 07 July 1944</ref>
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[[File:Screenshot 2025-10-13 at 23.41.40.png|thumb|right|400px|[[Wolifson family]] guest house, Ayr, 1938.]]
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==Notes==

Revision as of 23:02, 13 October 2025

The Wolifson family was a small part of the larger Woolfson family mainly based in Glasgow and with a slight spelling variation to their name.

The Wolifson's ran a guest house in Ayr in the 1930s and 40s called 'Aryeh House'. It was opened in 1938 and advertised under the names of the mother and daughter team of Mrs E. Sless and Mrs F. Wolifson.[1] In 1944 they advertised a 'FETE! In Aid of the Jewish National Fund Tuesday, 18th July TEA at 4 p.m. — AT —— WOLIFSON’S “ ARYEH HOUSE,” 21 MILLER ROAD, AYR'.[2]

Wolifson family guest house, Ayr, 1938.

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  1. Jewish Echo - Friday 27 May 1938
  2. Jewish Echo - Friday 07 July 1944