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89 Hemingford Road, Cambridge

History of 89 Hemingford Road

1898 gardens

1901

Henry Murfitt, public disinfector, 34, b London

georgina, 35, b Essex

ida, 10, b Cambridge

Hilda, 8, b Cambridge

Frank, 2, b Cambridge

1913 H D Murfitt, public disinfector

1920

H D Murfitt

1940 Mrs Murfitt

1951 Dennis John Turner

1960 Keith Wadham

Pam Wadham reminisces about life in Cambridge in “Hemignford Road1878-2012”.

“I came to Cambridge from Sutton in Surrey in September 1951 when I married as this was where my husband’s job and home was. We couldn’t find anywhere to live so we brought a caravan and had it on a site at Milton.”

“We lived in Milton until December 1953 when we were offered 89 Hemingford Road to rent. This was wonderful news as we had just had our first child and it was a bit cramped in the caravan.”

1970 Keith Wadham

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