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152 Sturton Street
A Tailor and an Engineer
1881
Charles E. Sprackling, head, married, 23, college cook, b. Cambridge
Augusta Sprackling, wife, married, 22, b. Cambridge
Laura Sprackling, daughter, 4 months, b. Cambridge
1891
John W Taylor, 29, Tailor, b. Cambridge
Priscilla Taylor, 29, b. Steeple Morden, Cambs
Nelly Taylor, 1, b. Cambridge
Wilfred Yarman, 20, John’s brother in law, Railway Porter, b. Steeple Morden, Cambs
1901
Walter E Cooks, 54, mechanical engineer, he is an employer and works from home, b. Herts
Emily J Cooks, 50, b. Royston
Bertram E Cooks, 24, mechanical engineer, b. Bassingbourne
Harold E Cooks, 23, mechanical engineer, b. Bassingbourne
Ethel M Cooks, 13, b. Bassingbourne
Mary A Howard, 82, widow, mother-in-law, b. Essex
Arthur Ralph Marshall, 28, Walter’s son-in-law. (He’s an employer & works from home, but his job is illegible on the census.) b. Kensington
Minnie Gertrude Marshall, 26, Walter’s daughter, b. Bassingbourne
Minnie died in 1903 and is buried in Mill Road Cemetery.
1911
Walter Edward Cooks, head, 65, married, mechanical engineer, own account, b. Walkern [?], Hertfordshire
Emily Jane Cooks, wife, 63, married, b. Royston, Hertfordshire
Ethel May Cooks, daughter, 24, b. Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire
Married 40 years, 5 children of which 2 died
The property is not on the 1939 Register and the original building is no longer standing.
Sources – 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census, 1939 Register, Mill Road Cemetery
Down Your Street, 1984 p79 records the reminiscences of Leslie Wallis, no. 175 Sturton Street: Across the road toward Milford Street was a small factory known as the Tin Factory, at nos 152-156. Throughout the working day a noisy clatter, din and rattle was produced, and pots and pans, kettles and various household articles were the end result. It was mainly staffed by girls. We always stopped to peer into this fascinating place where the doors were usually left open.
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