Bennie Abrahams
Benney (Bennie) Abrahams (28 July 1906 – 29 January 1990) was a local Labour Party politician in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, as well as Lord Mayor of Newcastle. Born in Durham, Abrahams was a Labour councillor for the Monkchester ward of Newcastle City Council, and in 1981/2 Lord Mayor of Newcastle. He died in January 1990 at the age of 83. Abrahams married Marion Shapiro, a concert hall violinist for the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in Liverpool in 1939. She also became a Labour councillor in Newcastle. They had one son, David Abrahams,a property developer and political activist. Bennie