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22 - 24 East Road, March 1974 (MoC 602/74). By the time of this photo all three houses were derelict. They had been converted in to business properties by Loker and Co.

22 – 24 East Road

History of 22 - 24 East Road

1881 (24 East Road)

Elizabeth Samuel, 53, nurse, b Cambridge

Emily E. Berry, 25, b Cambridge

Esther Berry, 19,  dressmaker, b Cambridge

Arthur Samuels, 5, scholar [he reverted to his late father’s surname, Berry], b Cambridge

Ethel Gregg, 1mth, boarder, b Cambridge

For 1871 see 39 – 40 Gold Street


1891 (24 East Road)

William Samuels, 54, college servant, b England

Elizabeth Samuels, 57, laundress, b England

Arthur Berry, 16, grandson, lodger, bookbinder, b England

Find William Samuels in 1901 in 28 Sun Street, Newmarket Road


1962

Loker and Co, wholesale and retail newsagents

22 – 24 East Road, 1965

In 1963 the Cambridge News reported that Frederick Loker’s newspaper business was still being run by two of his grandsons, Denis Brown and D J Oakman.

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