A man in a police uniform and peaked cap sits on a bicycle with a wicker basket in front of a brick building and house.

Henry Carpenter 1935

63 (11) Mawson Road

History of 63 Mawson Road

1891

Martha H Campion, 43, living on own means, b Cambridge

1901

Alfred J Piper, 43, drapers assistant, b Essex

1913

Mrs Whybrew

Ephraim William Whybrew

Circa 1940s – 1960:

YH emailed in 2022:

I was born in 1943, and lived with my grandparents Henry Charles and Norah Carpenter. I believe we were living at 63 Mawson Road. I see there is a gap in the history you display between 1913 and 1962. They were probably renting the house at the time I was born, and they lived there for several years. My grandfather was a local policeman, and then became a fireman.

Two men stand by a vintage motor vehicle carrying a long ladder, while a third man in a peaked cap sits in the driver's seat.

Henry Carpenter driving new Cambridge fire engine

Four men in dark uniforms stand by a fire engine and a damaged car, with one figure aiming a hose into the vehicle cabin.

Henry Carpenter at work

1962

Stanley Benjamin Ward

Projects

Mawson Road

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