PHOTOGRAPHS RELATED TO DANIEL VINE AND FAMILY

The donor was born in Barrow-in-Furness and moved with his parents to Leeds when he was a small child. He went to Cross Stamford Street School in Leeds. In his youth he enjoyed boxing and appeared under the name of "Young Curly". He worked for Sunbury's (garments trade) amongst other employers. In World War II he served in the 7th Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment and in the 5th Indian Division as a stretcher bearer; he saw overseas service in India and Burma. He married Milly Frais in June 1941 and they have a daughter Lorraine.

The donor's parents Louis and Annie Vine were both immigrants from Lithuania. The donor's eldest brother Israel Henry won a high school scholarship but his parents couldn't afford to support him so he got a job as a stage electrician and later became a ladies and gents tailor.

The donor's brother Maurice was a very strong man, he used to work as a bouncer. Once he saw a man molesting a girl, he intervened and hit this man. The man he hit was called Blake and he was later convicted and hanged for the murder of another girl. Maurice Vine married a girl from the Prince of Wales theatre company whom he met when she was appearing in Dewsbury. They went to live in London and Maurice ran a fish and chip shop in Hounslow. His first occupation was selling fruit.

The donor has a brother and sister - Philip and Hilda still living in Leeds.

The Vine family lived in Grimston Street, Leeds and later Crawford Street, off Meanwood Road, then they moved to Mexborough Street.