Evelyn Nursing Home, Trumpington Road, Cambridge

History of Evelyn Nursing Home

1952

Evelyn Nursing Homes, Trumpington Road — fire, 21 February 1952
Sixteen patients were moved to safety when fire broke out in the nurses’ quarters at the Evelyn Nursing Homes, Trumpington Road, Cambridge. One of them was 102 years old. The Fire Brigade tackled “the biggest job for a long time” and brought the fire under control. Chief Fire Officer, Mr Tom Knowles, paid a tribute to the conduct of the nurses: “They were cool, calm and collected and completely unflurried; they might just have been making a cup of tea”, he said.
Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge TRUMPINGTON ROAD Area Scrapbook, entry 1952 02 21.