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101 Blinco Grove, Ashbey Cottage
History of 101 Blinco Grove
1901
Richard D Pettit, 33, carpenter & builder, born Suffolk
Laura, 33, born London
Victor, 11, born Cambridge
Harold G, 9, born Cambridge
Dorothy G, 1, born Cambridge
Richard Douglas Pettit was reported by the Cambridge Press in March 1905 before the Official Receiver for bankruptcy. Liabilities were £128, assets £31. Pettit said he was formally a journeyman carpenter but had started his own business in 1899. Around Christmas 1903 he was in difficulties from losing money on contracts. He continued to draw £2 a week from the business ‘to keep peace at home’ even though he was not making that much.
1911
John Wick, 61, army pensioner, born Eversden
Clara, 54, born Eltisley
Montague, 18, butcher, born Bassingbourn
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