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Sarah Tredgett

297 – 301 Histon Road

History of 297 Histon Road

Details of the history of this site can be found here:

http://www.cambridge2000.com/cambridge2000/html/0003/P3260335.html

Sarah Tredgett moved here around 1886 from 312 Histon Road, after her husband had left her and their family and gone to New Zealand. The family business remained at 31 Market Hill.

297 Histon Road

1891 Ainger Nursery

Sarah Tredgett, head, fruiterer and florist, b Cambridge

Kate E, 24, assistant, b Chesterton

Harry, 22, assistant, b Chesterton

Frederick E, 21, nurseryman, b Chesterton

Jessie, 17, assistant to florist, b Chesterton

Sidney, 16, brazier, b Chesterton

Ebenezer, 14, assistant to fruiterer, b Chesterton

Rosa, 12, b Chesterton

Ada C, 11, b Chesterton

Violet Lillian, 10, b Chesterton

Claude V D, 9, b Chesterton

1901

Sarah Tredgett, florist and fruiterer

Harry, florist and fruiterer

Frederick E, florist and fruiterer

Ebenezer, florist and fruiterer

Ada C, 21

Violet L, florist shop assistant

1911

S Tredgett and Sons, florists

1913

S Tredgett, florists, Ainger Nurseries

1935

Scotsdale Laundry: Miss Kate Wade proprietress

The Scotsdale Nursery (301) had been run by three spinsters who used Tredgett’s glasshouses as washhouses.

1946

Scotsdale Laundry bought by Dudley Turvill for his younger brother Ronald to manage when he was demobilised from the Commandos in 1946.

1951

Scotsdale Laundry amalgamated with Swiss Laundry in Cherry Hinton Road.

1958

Scotsdale Laundry bought for £2,000 by Swiss Laundry.

1962

(297) Scotsdale Laundry Ltd

(299) Scotsdale Nurseries

(301) Ronald D Turvill

1981

Scotsdale Laundry operation moved to Cherry Hinton Road. Laundry building became a furniture showroom for John’s, a firm in Bridge Street.

2020

Ainger Cottage demolished.

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