84 Chesterton Road, Cambridge

Histry of 84 Chesterton Road

Military wedding of Lucy Lavender and Charles Shrubbs — 3 May 1916
Military Wedding, — Great interest centred in the wedding at the Wesley Church, Christ’s Pieces, Cambridge, on Saturday between Miss Lucy Irene Lavender; eldest daughter of Councillor and Mrs. G. H. Lavender, of 84 Chesterton Road. Cambridge, and Mr. Charles Arthur Shrubbs, 2nd Lieut., A.S.C.. son of Mr. A. Shrubbs, of Hinxton. The church was filled by friends of the bride and the bride’s parents, who are well-known and highly respected in the town. The bridegroom is a Downing man, and was at one time in the University O.T.C. The officiating clergy were the Rev. R. Winboult Harding and the Rev-Dr. T. A. Barber, Headmaster of The Leys School. The service was choral. Afterwards a reception was held in the library of Wesley Church. The honeymoon is being spent on the South Coast.

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Chesterton Road Area Scrapbook, reference 1916 05 03