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Britannia Public House, East Road (MoC14.55.70)

119 East Road, The Britannia Inn

History of 119 East Road

Joe Day, blacksmith and publican of the Britannia outside Mackay’s Engineering Works in the early 1900s

1911

Joseph Day, 48, blacksmith, b Cambridge

Matilda, 45, b Cambridge

Amy Elizabeth, 18, working at jam factory, b Cambridge

Violet Matilda, 16, b Cambridge

David, 14, b Cambridge

Percy, 11, b Cambridge

Florence, 8, b Cambridge

Matilda, 7, b Cambridge

Albert, 2, b Cambridge

Walter Ingrey, 54, wheelwright, b Harston

Thomas Wenlock, 54, blacksmith,  b Peterborough

William Thomas, 19, shot collector Cambridge Gas Works, b Wales

[William Thomas is shown on the Cambridge Gas Co. War Memorial as having died in WWI]

William Bowmen, 31,  jobbing gardener, b Cambridge

1913

Joseph Day

The Britannia, East Road (MoC277.71)

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