270 Mill Road

270 Mill Road, Romsey House

History of 270 Mill Road

23 December 1948

An unusual display of Christmas cheer amid the austerity of today has attracted considerable attention in Cambridge’s Mill Road. On view on the premises of Messrs Roger Harris and Son, family butchers and poultry dealers, are nearly 1,000 birds — and every one is spoken for. Every registered customer who wanted a Christmas dinner was catered for, and in addition a few other customers were lucky enough to place orders. Butcher Harris has made a speciality of Christmas poultry for years and the display represents eighteen years of goodwill and business with local poultry keepers.

Credit: Mike Petty Archive.

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1962

Roger Harris and Son, butcher

Roger Harris

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Note from AT 2024: Bought in 1960s, run as Romsey House Theological Training College by Margaret Doreen Habermann, Principal. Closed c1975