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1901: (13?) probable location
Ernest Taylor, 26, manual instructor, London
Annie, 24, Sutton
John, 1, Cambridge
Constance, 3, Cambridge
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1911:
John Brignell, 40, builder and undertaker, b Cambridge
Julia, 39, b Glemsford
Lilly Julia, 16, law student, b Cambridge
Eva Willie, 12, b Cambridge
Maria Cook, relative, 42, b Glemsford
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1913:
John Brignell, builder
During the war John would send parcels of food and other essentials to men in the trenches. I received a letter of thanks from a soldier in the 6th Division whop went on to say: We have not had a wash, shave or change for two weeks, and are plastered from head to foot with mud. We are a happy band of mudlarks and still keep smiling. (From Barnwell at War, 2018).
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1962:
John Brignell and Co
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