This is a record of the achievements of Sir Sidney Hamburger in the Jewish community of Manchester, the City of Salford and the North-West region. As chairman of the Planning and Finance Committees of Salford City Council, leader of the Labour Group on the City Council and mayor of Salford during 1968-69, he played a leading role in the post-war reconstruction of the city. As chairman of the North Western Regional Health Authority between 1973 and 1982, he presided over the reorganization of the National Health Service in the region. As a communal activist and a leading Zionist, Sir Sidney...