75 (41) Norfolk Street, Alex Wood Hall

History of 75 Norfolk Street

1881 (41)

(41)

Joseph South, 27, pawn broker’s assistant, b Brighton
Jane, 26, b Brighton
Joseph R, 3, b Cambridge
Jane A, 9 mos, b Cambridge
Lydia Kent, servant, 13, b Cambridge

(41a)

James Leggett, 51, plasterer, b London
Charlotte, 52, b Bottisham
Florence, 10, b Cambridge

(41b)

George Cousins, 30, tailor, b Devon
Lizzie, 37, waitress, b Cambridge
Fred G, 7, b Devon
James, 4, b Cambridge
Clara, 3, b Cambridge
Nellie, 2mos, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 24, sister, b Devon
Harriett Howard, servant, 13, b Bottisham

1891 (75)

Thomas Molyon, 61, miller, b Ickleton

1901

William H Franklin, 26, printer’s machine minder, b Cambridge
Ada, 26, b Cambridge

1913

Harry Franklin, printer

1927

Cambridge Trades Council and Labour Party buy the old malting house in Norfolk Street / Norfolk Terrace and converted it for use as the party headquarters. George Lansbury MP opens the renovated building.

Alex Wood (Cam Magazine 1936)

1939

Harry Gauge, b 1887, garage attendant
Winnie, b 1894
Sydney Smith, b 1910, radio engineer
Eva M Smith, b 1920

1962

Harry Gauge

1986

The new Alex Wood Hall is opened by Brenda Dean, general Secretary of SOGAT, as a replacement for the old HQ building which had deteriorated. Part of the site had been sold for housing in order to fund the construction of a modern hall with two storeys of offices.

Read more on Lost Cambridge:

The history of Alex Wood Hall – by the late Mayor Cllr John Durrant. 06 Sept 1985