Sowerbutt's Tailor

Sowerbutt enjoyed visiting Jack Shakes, born Yacob Shakhnarovich, in his small shop off Whitechapel Road for the conversation almost as much as for his workmanship. Jack, his younger sister and their parents fled Moscow in early 1917 after the Tsar abdicated. Many Russian exiles settled in Paris, waiting in vain for the Romanov family to be restored to the imperial throne. Jack’s father had no false hopes, making Whitechapel their home and starting the tailoring business.
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