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216 Ross Street, Cambridge

History of 216 Ross Street

1939

S T Cooper, milkman


The Museum of Cambridge holds a transcript of an interview with Janet Haggar. Janet was born in 1951 and passed away in 2021.

Janet paints a vivid picture of life and work at several Cambridge institutions -cinemas, ball rooms – as well as recalling events such as Cambridge Rapist episode. She describes Romsey Town and her work as a bedder at St John’s College.

A printed document showing a transcript of an interview with Janet Haggar, featuring handwritten notes in the right margin.

Janet Haggar interview 1

A printed document containing numbered interview transcriptions with handwritten annotations in the right margin.

Janet Haggar interview 2

A printed document containing numbered interview transcript excerpts with handwritten notes in the right-hand margin.

Janet Haggar interview 3

A printed transcript of an interview featuring numbered paragraphs, handwritten notes in the margins, and star symbols.

Janet Haggar interview 4

A document containing printed interview transcriptions labelled by band numbers and time-coded excerpts in numbered paragraphs.

Janet Haggar interview 5

Building dates

  • Built 1900–1929
Source for this date
  • Built 1900–1929: EPC construction age band: 1900–1929

Sources

  • Manuscript
  • Oral / Unpublished Sources

Tags

  • bedder
  • oral history

Projects

  • Ross Street

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