Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Curtis akaberekerwa muLondon muna December 1923 nevaJudha vokuEastern Europe vainge vatamira ikoko vainzi Ada naManny Brown. Amai vake namaiguru vake vaiva nechitoro chokugadzira hembe. Curtis akarererwa muUpper Street, Islington. Apo Hondo Yenyika II yakatanga, akabudiswa kuSomerset uye akasangana neVashandi veDzidzo yeVashandi. Sangano racho rakabatsira kuumba maonero ake akazvimirira ehurumende ayo akanga ane mavambo ake kubva kuna baba vake uye akatungamirira Curtis kuva nehanya pamusoro pevashandi vemumigodhi vanounganidza mari mumigwagwa munguva ye
Kurova Kwose Kwemuna 1926. Curtis akasangana nemukuru wemauto ehondo Gerry Curtis muna 1943 uye mushure mekunge vaviri ava vatanga kufambidzana, vakabatanidzwa mukutungamira kwekuruboshwe-kuruboshwe Unity Theatre. Vaviri vacho vakaroorana gore rakatevera uye vakagara muFinchley, uko Curtis akabatana neCommunist Party.