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Ram Yard (MoC)

Ram Yard

History of Ram Yard

Michael Bower Air Raid! pub. 1986 was an eye witness to the bombing by a Ju88A on 27th July 1942.

Gone first was the ‘Blue Barn’ Restaurant, an aged two storey building in Ram Yard removed by a 250 kg HE.

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The suggestion of demolishing this narrow thoroughfare was made as far back at 1900. W. wrote in the CDN 19.11.1900: I refer to the buildings situated between Round Church Street on the one side and Ram Yard, looking into Park Street on the other. Here is a collection of bricks and wood in the shape of miserable cottages, bar the way to what might be a worthy continuation of Trinity and St John’s Streets to park Street, bringing into touch one of the busiest parts of the town. It is only a matter of a few hundred pounds to buy these cottages and I am sure that were the owners approached they would have sufficient patriotism to let their property go for a consideration.

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1861

(1) Susan Haslop, 48, milliner and dressmaker, b Stapleford

(2) William Daniels, 60, whitesmith, b Norfolk

(3) Susan Wilson, 50, seamstress, b Cambridge

(4) William Else, 38, b March

(5) Isaac Fromant, 49, boot closer

(6) Henry Nunn, 43, livery stable keeper, b Cambridge

(7) Thomas Scruby, 58, gardener, b Shelford

(8) Richard Ingram, 65, plumber, b Cambridge

(9) George Seymour, 57, flyman, b Yorks

(10) Robert Everitt, 47, cutter, b Cambridge

(11) vacant

(12) John Brown, 64, cordwainer, b Barnwell

(13) Elizabeth Sell, 56, college servant, b Elsworth

(14) Sarah Scott, 62, wife of college cook, b Cambridge

(15) Thomas Chamberlain, 37, musician, b London

(16) Elizabeth Harrisons, 75, b Girton

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During the 1870s, William Heffer and his family occupied an address in this street. They had previously lived in Clement Place and by 1881 were at 104 Fitzroy Street.

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1913

North Side

1. Joseph A Prizborsky, hairdresser
2.  Henry Harvey, gasfitter an bellhanger workshops
3. ditto
4. James Walter Mansfield, cab driver
5. Harry Graveling, bricklayer
6. Richard King, bootmaker
7. Mrs Balls
8. A Newman
9. –

Here is Park Street

Lincolne and Son’s and Holden’s Stables

Campkin’s Stores

10. Frederick Sam Riggs, University billiard rooms

12. –

13a. H Harvey, workshops

13b. S Fulcher, cabinet maker, undertaker

W J Ison, cycle store rooms

A W Barker, French polisher and upholsterer

13. Alfred H Wilson, compositor

14. Barber and Co, printers

15. Mrs Werrey, The Ram Inn

16. Bros. Denson, tailor and robe maker

J H Priest, picture dealer

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1917

Thomas Percy Mayes: Private 285083, 1st/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 13 August 1917. Husband of husband of Louisa Rebecca Mayes, of 12A, Ram Yard, Bridge St.

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Ram Lane was finally demolished in 1961 to provide access to the new Park Street car park that opened in October 1963.

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