22 – 24 East Road, March 1974 (MoC 602/74). By the time of this photo all three houses were derelict. They had been converted in to business properties by Loker and Co.

22 – 24 East Road, Cambridge

History of 22 - 24 East Road

1881 (24 East Road)

Elizabeth Samuel, 53, nurse, b Cambridge

Emily E. Berry, 25, b Cambridge

Esther Berry, 19,  dressmaker, b Cambridge

Arthur Samuels, 5, scholar [he reverted to his late father’s surname, Berry], b Cambridge

Ethel Gregg, 1mth, boarder, b Cambridge

For 1871 see 39 – 40 Gold Street

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1891 (24 East Road)

William Samuels, 54, college servant, b England

Elizabeth Samuels, 57, laundress, b England

Arthur Berry, 16, grandson, lodger, bookbinder, b England

Find William Samuels in 1901 in 28 Sun Street, Newmarket Road

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1962

Loker and Co, wholesale and retail newsagents

In 1963 the Cambridge News reported that Frederick Loker’s newspaper business was still being run by two of his grandsons, Denis Brown and D J Oakman.

30 September 1977

The newsagents business of Lokers on East Road has been something of a landmark since Dobbie Loker founded the firm in 1861. They have come a long way, expanding from a little paper shop to one of the biggest wholesalers in the area and providing books, paperbacks, toys and other sundries as well as stationery for the newsagents of Cambridge. They were the last shop to leave the south side of East Road during redevelopment. Ten years ago they decided to concentrate on wholesale trade and look for new accommodation. They have now moved to Severn Place.

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge East Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, reference 77 09 30.

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2 June 1988

Loker and Co. Cambridge newsagents since 1861, is to close as a result of sweeping changes in newspaper and magazine wholesaling. Moved from corner of East Road and School House Lane in 1977

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge East Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, reference 88 06 02.