Sarah Tredgett297 – 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
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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
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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
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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
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1911:
S Tredgett and Sons, florists
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1913:
S Tredgett, florists, Ainger Nurseries
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1935:
Scotsdale Laundry: Miss Kate Wade proprietress
The Scotsdale Nursery (301) had been run by three spinsters who used Tredgett’s glasshouses as washhouses.
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1946:
Scotsdale Laundry bought by Dudley Turvill for his younger brother Ronald to manage when he was demobilised from the Commandos in 1946.
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1951:
Scotsdale Laundry amalgamated with Swiss Laundry in Cherry Hinton Road.
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1958:
Scotsdale Laundry bought for £2,000 by Swiss Laundry.
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1962:
(297) Scotsdale Laundry Ltd
(299) Scotsdale Nurseries
(301) Ronald D Turvill
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1981:
Scotsdale Laundry operation moved to Cherry Hinton Road. Laundry building became a furniture showroom for John’s, a firm in Bridge Street.
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2020:
Ainger Cottage demolished.