Samuel David Colkett – landscape

53 Trumpington Street, Cambridge

History of 53 Trumpington Street

1851

Frederick Smith, 22, confectioner, b Cambridge

Ann E, sister, 17, hosier’s daughter, b Cambridge

George Reed, 22, assistant confectioner, b Essex

Alfred Low, 19, confectioner’s apprentice, b Cambridge

Alfred Germaney, 14, confectioner’s apprentice, b Cambridge

Charles Hart, 20, assistant confectioner,  b Cambridge

Leonard C Brown, lodger, 27, tutor in classics and mathematics, b Bedford

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1861

Samuel David Colkett, 55, artist, b Norwich [died 1863]

Hamutal, 52, b Cambridge

Georeana [sic], 25, b Norwich

Victoria S, 20, b Norwich

Robert D Clarke; lodger, 21, undergraduate,

Fanny Lorulin, 16, servant,

[In 1851 the family were living in Regent Street, Great Yarmouth, not Cambridge]

See Mill Road Cemetery entry

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1913

T Barton, butcher

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1946

4 July 1969 – Hairdresser P. O. Reed reflects on a growing Cambridge business
A feature on Cambridge hairdresser P. O. Reed traced the development of his business from its beginnings at 53 Trumpington Street in 1946. The article noted the firm’s subsequent move to Mill Road and later expansion into King Street, illustrating the growth of a successful post-war Cambridge business.

Source: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge King Street Scrapbook 1897–1990, Item: 69 07 04.

 

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1962

P O Reed, hairdresser