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Elsworth in early spring (MoC117/57)Elsworth Data
Elsworth Data
Elsworth (MoC119/57) location unknown
Elsworth (MoC81/57) location unknown
Elsworth August Afternoon undated (MoC140/57)
Brook Street Elsworth (RGL2025)
Brook Street Elsworth (RGL2025)
Brook Street Elsworth (RGL2025)
The blind model maker Philip Brand was born in Elsworth in 1863. He lived for much of his life at a location described as Lucerne Field cottage which was near Howlatt Causeway, possibly the same as Church Causeway.
1871 aged 9, at Addenbrookes Hospital [it seems possible that this time at the hospital was part of the treatment for his oncoming blindness]
1881 aged 18, at Elsworth, blind
1891 aged 28, Pit Dean, Elsworth, blind
1901 aged 38, Lucerne field [next to Howlatt Causeway], blind
1911 aged 48, Lucerne Field cottage, totally blind from 10
died 1922
CamSight in Cambridgeshire have a record of him as a model maker including a photo of an engine made to drive a gramophone.
Philip Brand (Cambridgeshire Collection Y.Els.K 7818)
Mike Petty’s Scrapbook:
https://archive.org/details/ElyScrapbook1897To1999_201704
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