Search by topic
- archaeology
- architecture
- bricklayer
- Building of Local Interest
- carpenter
- church
- crime
- dressmaker
- fire
- Great Eastern Railway
- listed building
- medieval
- oral history
- Public House
- Rattee & Kett
- Religious House
- Roman
- scholar
- school
- Then and Now
- tudor
- women
- work
- world war one
- world war two
Search by text
Peter James Kerry, school cap, 11 The Limes, Sawston11, The Limes, Sawston
History of 11 The Limes, Sawston
1939
Frederick Kerry, b 1904, machine paper roller
Iris B née Langford, b 1903 [Iris was the daughter of James Langford]
? [Peter James b 1929]
?
Peter James Kerry, The Limes, Sawston
Peter James Kerry, The Limes, Sawston
Peter James Kerry, The Limes, Sawston
Peter James Kerry, school cap c.1940, 11 The Limes, Sawston
P J Kerry, The Limes Sawston
Frederick was the manager of Spicer’s paper factory. In WWII they made auxiliary fuel tanks for aircraft. Frederick had injured his leg in a car accident so wasn’t fit for war service himself.
Auxiliary fuel tank with messages for Germans
The Kerry family went to new Zealand in 1947.
In 2023 CK emailed:
Here is the cap. I’ll need to re-find the paper ephemera and get back to you on those m. His name is Peter James Kerry b 31/10/1929, d 31/10/2023. The family were living in Sawston as his father was probably a manager at Spicers. I have a photo of his father with ladies from the office signing an ?auxiliary fuel tank with messages to the Germans. I also have school magazines for 1942 and 1943. Despite his father signing him up to Cambridge and County for his entire school career when he was admitted, according to admissions form, we now know he moved to Lincoln School in autumn 1943 as a boarder though the family hadn’t moved from Sawston.
………………..
Contribute
Do you have any information about the people or places in this article? If so, then please let us know using the Contact page or by emailing capturingcambridge@
License
This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
