152 Sturton Street, Cambridge

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.