Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Curtis akaberekerwa muLondon muna December 1923 kuvapoteri vechiJudha vokuEastern Europe 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 iri rakabatsira kuumba maonero ake akazvimiririra eSocialist ayo akatanga kubva kuna baba vake uye zvakaita kuti Curtis ave nechido chekuziva nezvevashandi vemumigodhi vaiunganidza mari mumigwagwa panguva ye1926 General Strike
. 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.