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A two-story brick building with red-framed windows houses Blood of Angels tattoo studio and Tito Barbers with bikes outside.

169 East Road, Jan 2026

169 East Road, cambridge

History of 169 East Road

1913

Mont Green, hairdresser


1962

Montague Green, hairdresser


In Down Your Street, 1984, the barber’s shops is described: Mr Scott’s barber’s shop is the little cottage with the bow window and the distinctive pole at 169 East Road. he used to give shaves and haircuts “on tick” in anticipation of payment after the regular visit to the pawnbroker…. 169 East Road is the oldest established hairdresser’s in Cambridge. It began as a barber’s in 1826. (See Down Your Street, 1984, p.116)


2026

Blood of Angels Tattoo
Tito Barbers

A two-story brick building with red-framed windows houses Blood of Angels tattoo studio and Tito Barbers with bikes outside.

169 East Road, Jan 2026

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