Cherry Con Club
Glen Villa/Cherry Hinton Constitutional Club, ‘Cherry Cons’, Cambridge
History of Cherry Hinton Constitutional Club
1901
(Glen Villa)
William Archer, 48, builder, born Cherryhinton
Emma, 47, born Cherryhinton
Frederick, 20, cycle maker, born Cherryhinton
Percy, 18, pawnbroker’s assistant, born Cherryhinton
Herbert, 17, carpenter, born Cherryhinton
Mary A., 21, dressmaker, born Cherryhinton
Elizabeth, 14, milliner’s apprentice, born Cherryhinton
Mildred, 10,
1911
(Cherry Hinton Constitutional Club)
Edwin Arthur Whittingstall, 32, club steward & traveller automatic machines, born Kent
Gertrude Maud, 30, born Kent
Arthur W H, 8, born Kent
The Cherry Hinton Constitutional Club started out as a Conservative working men’s club. It originally met in a private house but shortly before the First World War two houses were joined together to form the present club premises.
Tony Whitmore, a local builder, has been a long standing member of the ‘Cherry Cons.’ In 2016 he talked about its organisation, membership and activities:
Sources: Cambridge News (Cambridgeshire Collection)
Sources
- 1901 census
- 1911 census
- Cambridgeshire Collection
- Oral / Unpublished Sources
- Sound Recording
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