Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Curtis a London a watan Disamba na 1923 ga Yahudawa na Gabashin Turai da suka yi hijira Ada da Manny Brown. Mahaifiyarta da kawunta suna da shagon kayan kwalliya. Curtis ya girma ne a cikin Upper Street, Islington. Lokacin da Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya ɓarke, an kwashe ta zuwa Somerset kuma ta haɗu da Ƙungiyar Ilimin Ma'aikata. Ƙungiyar ta taimaka wajen samar da ra'ayinta na gurguzu mai zaman kanta wanda ya samo asali daga mahaifinta kuma ya haifar da Curtis yana da sha'awar game da ma'aikatan ma'adinai da ke tattara kuɗi a kan tituna a lokacin 1926 General Strike
Ka yi haƙuri. Curtis ya haɗu da jami'in sojan ruwa Gerry Curtis a cikin 1943 kuma bayan da su biyun suka fara saduwa, sun shiga cikin gudanar da wasan kwaikwayo na hagu na hagu na Unity. Su biyun sun yi aure a shekara mai zuwa kuma suka kafa mazaunin su a Finchley, inda Curtis ya shiga Jam'iyyar Kwaminis.