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Middle-aged man with a beard and moustache wearing a bowler hat, waistcoat, and jacket while holding a pipe in his hand.

Thomas Askham

79 Newmarket Road

History of 79 Newmarket Road

1911

Thomas Askham, 73, coach builder, b Cambridge

Kate, 36, wife, b Warwicks

Florence Cluwes, step daughter, 16, b Warwicks

Beatrice Cluwes, step daughter, 14, b Warwicks

A 1912 business invoice from Ellis Merry in Cambridge featuring printed illustrations of horse-drawn funeral carriages.

Ellis Merry, Abbey Walk – invoice for funeral of Thomas Askham


1913

H Pedder, boot and shoe repairing depot


1962 (77-81)

Chapman and Arber, scrap metal

 

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