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78 Suez Road

History of 78 Suez Road

1927

Elsie Mabel Allsop moved in with her husband, Arthur. They had been in temporary accommodation for 4 years in Burrell’s Walk, on the site of the First Eastern Hospital.

Arthur Allsop used to sell to the staff of Sedley Day Nursery beyond his garden; he was a musician who worked at the Central Cinema playing double bass for the silent movies for eight years until talking pictures came in. After that he worked at the Tivoli on Chesterton Road and the Rendez-Vous in Magrath Avenue. He had been earning £4 a week as a musician; when he applied for work at St John’s College he was offered 35 shillings and ‘as much beer as you like’. He found a better paid job as a postman which he did for the next 30 years. This was followed by work in Joshua Taylor’s despatch department, and later in the Leys School Tuck Shop.

1962

Arthur Allsop

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