22 – 24 East Road, March 1974 (MoC 602/74). By the time of this photo all three houses were derelict. They had been converted in to business properties by Loker and Co.

22 – 24 East Road

History of 22 - 24 East Road

1881 (24 East Road)

Elizabeth Samuel, 53, nurse, b Cambridge

Emily E. Berry, 25, b Cambridge

Esther Berry, 19,  dressmaker, b Cambridge

Arthur Samuels, 5, scholar [he reverted to his late father’s surname, Berry], b Cambridge

Ethel Gregg, 1mth, boarder, b Cambridge

For 1871 see 39 – 40 Gold Street

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1891 (24 East Road)

William Samuels, 54, college servant, b England

Elizabeth Samuels, 57, laundress, b England

Arthur Berry, 16, grandson, lodger, bookbinder, b England

Find William Samuels in 1901 in 28 Sun Street, Newmarket Road

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1962

Loker and Co, wholesale and retail newsagents

In 1963 the Cambridge News reported that Frederick Loker’s newspaper business was still being run by two of his grandsons, Denis Brown and D J Oakman.