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A cast-iron mangle with two horizontal wooden rollers stands on a wheeled base, set against a background of vertical boards.

A Laurie & McConnall mangle owned by the Coote family

13 Richmond Road

History of 13 Richmond Road

1911

Ernest Coote, 30, college groundsman, b Barrington

[Head groundsman at Trinity Hall]

Ethel, 31, b Surrey

Claude, 5, b Chesterton

Cyril, 1, b Chesterton

Caroline Lampon, mother in law, 76, widow,  b Surrey

[The three sons all went on to become groundsmen, Claude (Trinity College), Cyril (Fenners) and Leslie (Peterhouse). The mangle was purchased from Laurie and McConnall in Fitzroy Street.]

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