30-31 East Road, Cambridge

History of 30-31 East Road

2 October 1902
In the centre of Cambridge a man will pay any price in reason for the tobacco which appeals most to his palate. But in other quarters, such as Mill Road where the small shopkeeper thrives and people like a lot for their money a great quantity of cigarette packets containing showy photographs and alluring coupons have been sold. Mr Banyard of East Road, Cambridge says customers gave over their regular brands for those with the coupons but the demand was chiefly in cheap cigarettes. But Cambridge undergraduates have not descended to packs of Tabs, or even to tu-penny-ha’-penny Guinea Gold.
Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge East Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, reference 1902 10 02.

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1911

Francis Banyard, 52, tobacco manufacturer, b Suffolk

Charlotte Elizabeth, 49, b Cambridge

Constance Eliza, 16, b Chesterton

James Hirsh, 14, b Chesterton

Edward George, 11, b Cambridge

Annie Maria Self, servant, 27, b Cambridge

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1913

J S Banyard & Sons, tobacco manufacturers

24 October 1913
The idea of growing tobacco in England seems absurd. But at Elveden there are acres of healthy tobacco plants with leaves large enough to cover a rabbit and several sheds filled with yellow-coloured leaves. Messrs J.S. Banyard of East Road has purchased the entire crop of 25 acres grown by Lord Iveagh and have it made up both as pipe tobacco and in cigarettes. The cigarettes are similar to Virginia but have a slight Havana flavour.
Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge East Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, reference 1913 10 24.

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James Hirst[Hirsh] Banyard:

Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, attached 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action ay Falfemont Farm 3rd September 1916. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, Panel 2C. See also Cambridge Guildhall and Cambridge St Pauls (St Paul’s Roll of Honour)