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A street view of Victorian brick houses with a low central building marked 1900 and a yellow skip placed in the front yard.

65-67 Tension Road

67 Tenison Road

History of 67 Tenison Road

1900 Public Analyst Laboratory built. The office had been at 1 Sidney Street.

1908 J West Knights moved to 25 St Barnabas Road (newly built) at rear of 67 Tenison Road. The gardens were linked.

1913

J West Knights, FIC, public analyst, laboratory

A printed newspaper clipping containing an obituary for Mr. West Knights, featuring his portrait and multiple text columns.

James West Knights obituary 1929

Typed document detailing the career timeline of James West Knights, the Cambridge Public Analyst from 1877 to 1927.

Cambridge Public Analyst, James West Knights

1928

Solomon Greenberg appointed on retirement of J W Knights. This was his address in 1929 but by 1933 his address is 25 St Barnabas Road.

1960 His named changed from Greenberg to Greenburgh

1962

S Greenburgh, County and City Analyst

Typewritten document detailing the 1928 appointment of public analyst Solomon Greenberg, including salary and address records.

Public Analyst Solomon Greenberg

A printed document containing three text excerpts from local newspapers dated 1960, 1964, and 1973 regarding Public Analyst Solomon Greenburgh.

Public Analyst Solomon Greenberg

1976 planning permission granted J R O’Brien to use 67 Tenison Road as a language laboratory

1979 planning permission granted to Chris Bourchier to convert 67 Tenison Road to a dwelling

1980 property bought by Chris Bourchier

1983 bought by Barry John Dubas

1985 bought by  Alan Dominic Martin

1987 bought by Alistair Denny Raby

Our thanks to Alister Raby for much of the research about Frank West Knights and Solomon Greenberg which he sent to the Museum in 1995.

 

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