32 – 34 Chesterton Road in 1926.

34 – 36 Chesterton Road, Cambridge

History of 34 - 36 Chesterton Road

1911

James Mitcham, 64, colonial butcher, b Chatteris

Harriett, 59, b Suffolk

Charles Nicholls, 35, draper, b London

Nora Eleanor, 23, clerk, b London

Enid Lillian Beaumont, granddaughter, 2, b Middlesex

Charles Nicholes, visitor, 65, colonial butcher, b Suffolk

Jessie Jennings, servant, 23, servant, b Stapleford

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1913

(34) Charles N Mitcham, drapery stores

(36) Mrs Danby, milliner

Mrs Bunting

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1925

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1926

C N Mitcham, department store

After the opening of the Victoria Bridge in 1890 this became a very busy junction.

For more information about the Mitcham family and the premises they operated see:

http://histonroadcemetery.org/graves/cambridgelives/JamesandHarriettMitcham/

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1939 (34, 36, 38)

Charles N Mitcham, draper, milliner, hosier and costumier

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Santa Claus arrives at Mitcham’s — 22 November 1948
A very important visitor who every child in Cambridge welcomes with joy, arrived on Saturday. He was none other than Santa Claus. He arrived from Toytown with a well-filled sack to deal with the seasonal requirements of the boys and girls. He was given a royal welcome. There were several hundred children of all ages ranging from tiny tots carried by their mothers, waiting in a state of great expectancy, at his destination, Mitcham’s, Chesterton Road. Cheers from waiting children heralded the arrival of the smiling, rosy cheeked Santa and a knot gathered round and followed, Pied-piper fashion, to the foot of the ladder he had to climb up to the chimney before he disappeared down the chimney into Santa’s Nurseryland where he will be in residence till Christmas

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Chesterton Road Area Scrapbook, reference 1948 11 22

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1962

(34) E H J Pull

(34 & 36) Mitchams, drapers