Laurence Polli
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Laurence Polli (born approx 1929 - died 2018, Eastwood and Mearns at 89; mother's maiden name was MEILAMED) was a photographer and a Zionist activist in Glasgow.
Father was Maurice Poliwanski (Polli) 1897–1970 - mother Sophia (Brenda) Meilamed 1900–1989.
- 1952 - Polli married Bernice Ruth Polli (nee Sellyn) of the Sellyn family a central element of the Cousinhood of Scottish Zionism in 1952 in Milton.
- 1952 he was listed as Chairman of the Glasgow Young Zionist Organisation.
- 1954 - Laurence Polli - 'The Hashanah Committee of the Glasgow Commission of the Jewish National Fund, through Laurence Polli Esq., 12 St. Bride's Road, Glasgow S. 3.[1]
In 1957 a death notice in the Jewish Chronicle stated:
- HARRIS.—-On Thursday, March 28, 1957, after a long illness bravely borne, Gladys Harris (née Sellyn) Deeply mourned and sadly missed by her loving daughter, son-in-law. and Sheila, Maurice, and Jessica Newman of 111 Greenwood Road, Clarkston, Renfrewshire: her brothers and families, Mr and Mrs. Leonard S. Seliyn and Laurence, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sellyn: Mr. and Mrs Harold V. Sellyn. Laurence, Jonathan, and David, her nieces and nephews, Mr. and Mrs Laurence Polli. Mr. and Mrs. Waker Wolte and Barry. and all her relatives and numerous friends.[2]
- 1961 - Glasgow Younger J.N.F. Commission Chairmen- Norman Naftalin, Lawrence Polli, Hon. Secretary-Mrs. Bernice Polli, 12, St. Bride's Road, Glasgow, S.3.[3]
In 2005 the Glasgow Herald reported:
- TOMORROW evening at the Mitchell Library the latest photographic essay on The Dear Green Place will be launched. Glasgow As I See It is the work of Laurence Polli, a 76-year-old former president of the venerable institution that is Queens Park Camera Club, and the result of 60 years' enthusiasm for taking pictures begun with a 16th birthday present.
- With a foreword by George Wyllie, whose famous Paper Boat is documented in its plates, the book is priced at pounds-25 and will be for sale in the libraries of Glasgow and East Renfrewshire as well as, in the time-honoured phrase, all good bookshops.[4]
Notes
- ↑ The Scottish Jewish Year book, 1954, p. 25.
- ↑ Friday, April 5, 1957 https://archive.org/stream/sim_jewish-chronicle_the-jewish-chronicle_1957-04-05_4589/sim_jewish-chronicle_the-jewish-chronicle_1957-04-05_4589_djvu.txt
- ↑ The Zionist Year book, 1961-2, p. 196.
- ↑ 'BillboardThe Glasgow Herald, 24th May 2005