2 & 4 Pierce Lane, Fulbourn

History of 2 & 4 Pierce Lane

George Tyrrell ran a grocery shop here from 1927 which was later taken over by his wife and daughter.

It is possible that the Miss J L Tyrrell from the 1934 postcard is from the the same family.

This is “The Kitchen” from Heath Robinson’s Ideal Home, a souvenir postcard from the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition at Olympia, London, in 1934. Heath Robinson Museum

It shows a model kitchen built for the exhibition, with figures surrounded by the elaborate contraptions for which the cartoonist William Heath Robinson was famous. The display poked fun at the labour-saving gadgets that were a main attraction of the show.

There was a set of six postcards, which also included The Garden, The Dining Room, The Gadgets, The Nursery and The Bedroom.