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1936, Blue Book15 Gwydir Street
History of 15 Gwydir Street
1881 Butcher’s shop
Walter Cross, head, 35, butcher, b Broughton Hunts
Georgeanna, wife, 31, b Hunts
Arthur W, son, 3, b Cambridge
Rosa F, daughter, 1, b Cambridge
Agnes, sister, 30, b Broughton
Annie Taylor, sister in law, 21, attendant on the insane, b Hunts
1891
Joseph Redfarn, head, 38, butcher, b Cambridge
Emma, wife, 41, b Cambridge
Alice, daughter,19, b Cambridge
Joseph, son, 16, butcher’s assistant, b Cambridge
Frederick, son, 14, scholar, b Cambridge
Kate Palmer, niece, 7, scholar, b London
Albert Page, 18, apprentice butcher, b West Wickham
1892 CIP 9.12.1892: CROSS SUMMONS: Joseph Redfarn 18 butcher of Gwydir Street was summoned for assaulting Elijah Odell a hawker of Gwydir Street on the 5th instant. There was a cross summons for assault. Mr Lyon appeared for Redfarn. Both cases were dismissed.
1898 CIP 30.12.1898: RUNAWAYS: A horse attached to a cart belonging to and driven by Mr Joseph Redfarn, butcher, Gwydir-street, was on Friday proceeding down Gwydir-street, when it took fright and ran into a wall, breaking one of the shafts. Fortunately Mr. Redfarn was not injured.
1901
Joseph Redfarn, 48, butcher, b Cambridge
Emma, 51, b Cambridge
Kate Palmer, 17, bookkeeper, b Middlesex
Obed Page, 24, journeyman butcher, b Babraham
See 18 Mawson Road
1911
Arthur Geoffrey Abbs, 39, butcher, b Chesterton
Alice Eliza, 38, b Melbourn
Geoffrey Frank, 4, b London
1913
A G Abbs, butcher
1937
Albert Edward Page jun., butcher
Ralph White-Robinson lived with his parents at this address in the 1950s. His parents worked for Simplex Dairy Equipment. After Simplex moved to Babraham road the family moved first to the company bungalow in Babraham Road, then to 21 Vicarage Avenue, Sawston.
For more reminiscences see: https://www.theedkins.co.uk/jo/gwydir/house15.htm
1962 vacant
1970
Continental Delicatessen, shop
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