132, 134 (58) Newmarket Road, The Jolly Butchers, Cambridge

History of 132 & 134 Newmarket Road

1861 Public House

John Dealtry, 33, shoemaker and publican, b Cambridge

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1886

Cambridge Independent Press 17.4.1886: James Runham 132 Newmarket Road summoned for being the occupier or tenant of premises used for the purposes of a brothel and Mary Runham his wife was summoned for managing or assisting in the management of it. … The evidence went to show that undergraduates had been in the habit of reuenting the defendant’s house for immoral purposes. …. magistrates imposed a fine of £5.

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1891 (58)

John Haltrey [?], 63, butcher

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1901 (58)

Harry Wongor [?], publican

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1913 132 & 134 The Jolly Butchers

Con Griffiths

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1914

Jolly Butchers and Page’s Corner — children await the King, 24 April 1914
Crowds of children lined Newmarket Road to see the King make his way to the Leys School. The vice-chairman of the Education Committee rode along the route on his bicycle to see the children looking happy and not at all tired. The NSPCC inspector was also on duty. A kindly gentleman was standing outside the Jolly Butchers entertaining the children with a cockatoo. The little ones laughed very heartily as the comical bird flapped its wings and laid down the law with its beak whilst conversing with its master. Presently a large Daimler car was seen. “Here comes the King” shouted someone and the shrilling cheering and waving of flags told those at Page’s Corner that his Majesty had come
Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge Newmarket Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, entry 1914 04 24.

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1917

Jolly Butchers, Newmarket Road — gas explosion, 14 February 1917
Gas Explosion,—-A gas explosion under the floor of the bar of the The Jolly Butchers public house, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, caused a fire to break out on Thursday morning. The landlord, Mr. A. W. Hawes, had a narrow escape, for, although knocked down by the force of the explosion, he escaped injury. The cause of the explosion was apparently a leakage of gas, but exactly how it occurred is unknown. The gas meter was blown from its position, and three large windows and a quantity of glass in the bar were broken. The floor boards became ignited, and although the licensee took prompt action, he found it impossible to extinguish the flames with buckets of water, and so gave the alarm to the Fire Station. The firemen, with motor tender and escape, were speedily on the scene, and the fire was soon extinguished. An examination of the gas pipes failed to reveal from where the gas escaped
Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge Newmarket Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, entry 1917 02 14.

Jolly Butchers, Newmarket Road — wartime licence transfer, 7 March 1917
licenses of pubs transferred from men serving in forces to their wives; objections to Spotted Cow, Northampton Street & Jolly Butchers, Newmarket Road – 17 03 07b
Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge Newmarket Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, entry 1917 03 07.

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1962 132 / 134

Charles Reynolds, manufacturing confectioners