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Adkins Corner

History of Adkins Corner

Mike Petty Fenland History on FaceBook notes:

(April 28th 1953) Cambridge council approved building licences to Mr E. Maloney for five shops, twelve flats and a garage at the junction of Perne Road and Radegund Road, at a total cost not exceeding £29,300 & to the Norwich Union Insurance Societies for a block of 20 flats at Pinehurst, Grange Road. 

A comment on the site notes: I remember when it was Shadbolts field and had a donkey in it, it used to get the remains of my pack up on the way home from school 40s and 50s.

Perne Road corner c1963 (Mike Petty Fenland History)

Perne Road corner c1963 (Mike Petty Fenland History)

Once the domain of a donkey, in 1963 W J Adkins opened a grocery supermarket at this site, the largest of their local chain. The company had originally begun as butchers in Cherry Hinton Village. For this reason the corner became known as Adkins corner. Subsequently Budgens occupied the site as well as smaller retail units like the Numark pharmacy, Floorstore and Coral the bookmakers. A major four million pounds refurbishment is currently (2018) planned to revive the tired looking facade and new flats will be built at the back. Work is expected to be completed by autumn 2018.

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