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Token for Cottenham Coffee House (thanks to Arn Dekker 2022)See Francis Garrett, Cottenham’s Inns and Hostelries
1879:
Bazaar held at the Rectory by Misses Banks and £80 raised to start a coffee place in connection with the Cottenham Total Abstinence Society
1881:
Coffee house opened March. John and Unwin and wife Lois appointed to manage.
John Unwin, 34, builder, b Milton
Lois Ann, 35, b Whittlesford
Elizabeth M, 10, b Landbeach
Ellen Mable, 8, b Landbeach
Emmanuel, 5, b Cottenham
Charles William, 3, b Cottenham
John A, 1 b Cottenham
Caroline Moore, 15, servant, b Cottenham
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1891: The Coffee Tavern
William Golding, 38, millers carter, b Oakington
Jane, 35, b Cottenham
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1897: premises damaged by fire in May.
Large room for club and social purposes built and managed by George Whitehead until death in 1942.
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1939:
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