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The long, brick factory building of Rattee & Kett features large white signage with text across the top two stories.

Rattee and Kett

83 Hills Road, (9 Eastbourne Terrace)

History of 83 Hills Road

1881

Alfred Kett, 37, carver and builder, born Norwich

(In 1871 Alfred Kett and his family lived at 11 Norwich Street. Alfred was the son of George Kett (1809-1885). He was the brother of George Kett (b 1836) and Edmund Kett (b 1840).

Harriett L, 38, born Cambridge

Alfred W, 11, born Cambridge

Ernest Ed., 10, born Cambridge

Lucy Emily, 7, born Cambridge

Ada M., 6, born Cambridge

Mabel S, 2, born Cambridge

Eliza A Wilderspin, 18, servant, born Histon

Portrait of an elderly man with a bald head and a thick white beard, wearing a dark suit jacket, waistcoat, and bow tie.

Alfred Kett (by permission of Kett family)

A sepia-toned portrait of an elderly woman wearing a white headpiece and shawl, seated in a wicker chair holding a book.

Harriet Lucy Kett née Hutt (by permission of the Kett family)

1891

George R Kett, 30, builder, born Cambridge

Elizabeth E A M, 31, born islington

Catherine E, 5, born Norwich

Hilda M, 3, born Cambridge

Mary Bye, servant, 17

1901

James C Hannooch, 59, District Loco Superintendent, born London

Frances, 70, born Kent

Ethel D Wiseman, 20, servant, born Suffolk

Grace Odell, 15, housemaid, born Beds

1911

Ernest Essame, 40, stationmaster railways, born Yorks

Phoebe, 42, born Lincs

Hubert, 14, born Devon

Marjorie, 12, born Lincs

Geoffrey, 6, born Cambridge

John Oliver, 2, born Cambridge

Florence May Anderson, 20, servant, born Fulbourn

1913

vacant

 

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