Castle End, Cambridge

Castle End, Enid Porter notes

Enid Porter notes:

Mike Petty Archive

1898 01 06

Sewage explosion, Castle End, p3

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Castle End Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, ref. 1898 01 06 p3.

1898 08 16

Girls in assault, Castle End, p2

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Castle End Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, ref. 1898 08 16 p2.

1898 08 17

Castle End children case, p2

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Castle End Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, ref. 1898 08 17 p2.

1898 08 30

Castle End tin-kettling, p3

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Castle End Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, ref. 1898 08 30 p3.

1898 11 10

Mr Wootten told Cambridge town council there were four cottages at Castle end in a most horrible state. He said they were a disgrace to the corporation. They might talk about building houses for the poor, when all the time the corporation owned cottages which were not fit to put pigs in. Mr Campkin said some of their property was in a very bad state, some of the houses were very very old, and it would be a question of whether they should not pull the old structures down and rebuild them

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Castle End Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, ref. 1898 11 10.

1903 11 06

Time once was when the concentrated animosity between Cambridge Town and Gown found annual outlet on ‘The Fifth’. There are many old inhabitants who have seen the traditional riots gradually die down with the building up of mutual ties between University and Town. Athletic Varsitymen and pugilistic townsmen no longer belabour each other; they join issue in attempts at bonfires with police baiting thrown in as a sideline. At Castle End undergraduates managed to secure a shutter with the intention of making it the nucleus of a bonfire; a constable was rolled to the ground, his helmet knocked off and his whistle and truncheon lost before more policemen arrived and three arrests were made – one member of the Varsity, a soldier and a townsman

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Castle End Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, ref. 1903 11 06.

1908 09 18

The antics of ‘The Castle End Musicians’, a band of boys and girls, have caused endless entertainments to the inhabitants of that part of Cambridge. A lad who has had some experienced of the Boy’s Brigade is the commander of the band, who form up in martial order, large and small, girl and boy, and parade up and down the streets with colours flying, playing the most extraordinary collection of musical instruments ever seen including toy drums and mouth organs. Now a local photographer has elevated them to picture postcard celebrities. CWN 08 09 18 p5

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Castle End Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, ref. CWN 08 09 18 p5.

1909 05 15

Another of the veterans who took part in the Indian Mutiny more than 50 years ago, died in the Cambridge workhouse. George Redmond, who was born in Castle End, had a great desire to become a soldier of the Queen and ran away to join the army. Several other local boys were with him preparing for service in the Crimea when arrangements were altered and he was despatched to India. He remained a private until he left the army when he returned to Cambridge. 09 05 15

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Castle End Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, ref. 09 05 15.

1910 02 04

Luke Hosegood, the Master, told Guardians there were 26 children in Cambridge workhouse. A large number of men had brought in their wives and families simply because they had been evicted from their houses as the result of slum clearance. There were several cases from Cambridge Place and a number from Castle End and if they went in at this rate all Castle End would be pauperised soon. It was getting a very serious matter. 10 02 04g

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Castle End Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, ref. 10 02 04g.

1911 04 21

At Cambridge Police Court three young men, whose names are too well known to the police, were charged with stealing a broom value one shilling from outside Frederick Friend’s grocer’s shop in Castle Street. They were each sentenced to seven days imprisonment and in addition two were fined for using obscene language and one sent to prison for a month for assaulting a policeman. The Mayor said one of them was a perfect pest to Castle End and it was beyond the comprehension of the magistrates to know what to do with him. It was a pity he could not get abroad. It was a thousand pities that a good-looking smart young man like him could not live a better life. 11 04 21b

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Castle End Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, ref. 11 04 21b.

1912 07 19

Scarlet fever outbreak statistics, started Castle End – 12 07 19b

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Castle End Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, ref. 12 07 19b.

1917 04 04

A Drastic Resolution. The following resolution has been passed by the Allotments Subcommittee for Newnham and Castle End: “That inasmuch as they have received 50 applications for allotments, which they are unable to satisfy, they beg to request the Town Council to break up the Lammas Land at Newnham without delay, viz., without waiting for formal authority from any higher authority”. As a result the Borough Member is to be asked to interview the Authorities of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries with regard to the application of the committee for permission to use the Lammas Land and Empty Common for allotments.

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Castle End Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, ref. 1917 04 04.

1926 05 28

Cambridge councillors heard that in 1912 a piece of land in Shelley Row, together with the house adjoining was given anonymously to the Corporation as a perpetual playground to the children of Castle End. It was assumed that the rent of the house would be available for the upkeep and improvement of the playground. £80 would be required to make a really satisfactory playground; it was resolved to spend £20 on putting the ground in order

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Castle End Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, ref. 1926 05 28.