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At the Pike and Eel after the Race1869: Robert Cook
1879: Robert Cook
1883: Robert Cook
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1891: Pike and Eel
Henry Brown, 36, club college servant,
Emily, 38,
Florence Emily, 15
Alfred Henry John, 14, b Cambridge
Alice Amelia,12, b Cambridge
William James, 9, b Cambridge
Frances Emily Wright, niece, 9, b Cambridge
Sarah Girling, lodger, 63, cook, b Cheltenham
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1892: Harry Brown
1896: Henry Brown
1904: Henry Brown
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1911: Pike and Eel
Henry Brown, 56, publican, b Cambridge
Emily Brown, 58, b Cambridge
Florence Brown, daughter, 35, b Cambridge
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1913: Henry Brown
1916: Henry Brown
Pike and Eel ferry
Pike and Eel public house c.1905 (Cambridgeshire Collection)
Pike and Eel, date unknown
Pike and Eeel Ferry in 1928 (Cambridgeshire Collection)
Pike and Eel ferries 1928 (Cambs. Collection)
Queen Mother visits the Pike and Eel
Queen Mother visits the Pike and Eel
The Bumps Fair was held every June in a field off Fen Road nearby.
Bumps Fair c.1925 (Cambs Collection)
Bumps Fair c.1925 (Cambs Collection)
‘Three Abreast Gallopers’ built by Savages of King’s Lynn and bought by Henry Thurston in 1901; Bumps Fair c.1925 (Cambs Collection)
Dreadnought traction engine bought in 1909 to drive Three Abreast Gallopers. Photo is circa 1925. (Cambs Collection)
The Pike and Eel, lately known as the Penny Ferry, closed in in 2008 and was demolished in 2014.
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