1861
James Canham, 51, builder and contractor, b Fen Ditton
1901 (2) St James Terrace
Edward Green, 61, college servant, b Cambridge
Maria, 64, b Cambridge
Agnes, 19, pupil teacher, b Cambridge
George Start, lodger, widower, 60, cabinet maker, b Essex
1911
Ethelbert H J Rigg, 37, cycle agent, b London
Rachel, 37, b Ely
Doris E, 10, b Cambridge
Harold J, 8, b Cambridge
Mary, 7, b Cambridge
Ethel, 5, b Cambridge
Ellen, 6 mos, b Cambridge
1913 (4)
Rigg and Co, Causeway Cycle Store
(4a) Walter Stockbridge, cabinet maker’s workshop
1916 (Oct): Ethelbert Rigg pleaded not guilty to the charge of showing a light through a glass roof over his kitchen one night the previous month. Sergeant W Winter told the court that the buildings round Mr Rigg’s house were illuminated by a gas burner in the kitchen. The defendant said that his glass roof was distempered and the light was covered by a dark green umbrella and a sheet of brown paper.nevertheless, he was fined ten shillings.
1935 – 1936 Cambridge Oil Services
The company was set up by George Mace and Charles Peters. It served the farming community. They were two friends from Harlton who had married sisters, Alice and Elsie Dickerson, In 1935 and 1936 both couples were living at this address.
After 1936 this remained the business address but the two couples moved to 530, Old Gardens, Newmarket Road.
1962
Burchnell’s Ltd, electrical engineers
1973
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