
28 Trinity Street
History of 28 Trinity Street
1861
Robert Chatton, 50, gardener, b Norfolk
Ann, 58, b Cambridge
Thomas K Hunt, 34, solicitor’s clerk, b Cambridge
Sarah, 37, b Cambridge
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1865
Pratt founded tailor’s business
1871
1881
Thomas D Pratt, 54, tailor & robe making employing 5 men & 1 boy, b Cambridge
Mary A E, 52, b Cambridge
Albert W, 19, b Cambridge
Ernest E, 16, b Cambridge
Edward W Wakefield, lodger, 18, university student, b Westmoreland
Martha M Knightley, servant, 19, servant, b Histon
1891
1901
Susannah Haslop, widow, 35, lodging house keeper, b Cambridge
Horace H, 6, b Cambridge
Constance M, 3, b Cambridge
Ethel Jane Rout, visitor, 24, butcher’s clerk, b Herts
Rose Green, servant, 16, servant, b Herts
Rebuilt 1910 in C18 style, in general character with street; 3 storeys; brick; stone cornice below parapet; 4 windows, hung sashes, glazing bars; shop front 5 bays divided by Ionic pilasters with entablature and windows with glazing bars. Nos 26 to 38 (consec) form a group.
1911
Susannah Hurst, 43, lodging house keeper, b Cambridge
Horace Harry Haslop, 16, son, draper apprentice soft furnishings, b Cambridge
Constance May Haslop, 13, daughter, b Cambridge
Annie Sleath, 16, servant, b Essex
Lilian Ada Heasman, 23, visitor, manageresss dyers and cleaners, b London
1913
Pratt & Co, tailors, robemakers and University outfitters
F T McMurray
H T Wing
J Bryan, packer
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13/10/1962: Pratt, Manning and Co of Trinity Street, Cambridge’s oldest bespoke tailoring firm, is to close. It was established in 1865 by Thomas Pratt and acquired by Aid H.T. Wing in 1897. Until the First World War about 80% of the trade was from undergraduates who ordered three or four suits at a time. Today students on grants cannot afford high prices for hand-made clothes and they rely on professional and business men for their trade. Customer’s patterns and records will be transferred to their London office and a cutter will visit Cambridge at regular intervals. (Cam. News)