Grose monoplane 1910

34, 35, 36, 37 East Road, Cambridge

History of 34 - 37 East Road

1901

36 – 37

Herbert V Quinsee, 24, cycle engineer, b Chesterton

Violet, 22, b Cambridge

Vincent, 1, b Cambridge

Herbert Quinsee (c1877-1955) was a cycle engineer. His firm constructed the chassis for the Oakington biplane built by Alfred Maurice Grose and Neville Alexander Thomas Nix Feary at their barn in Oakington. The stabilising apparatus was built by Messrs Robinson of Premier Cycle Co in Regent Street.

34 – 35

George Clutton, 63, baker & corn dealer,  b Cambridge

Ann, 59, b London

Arabella Clutton, daughter, 23, schoolteacher, b Cambridge

Hattie R Cooper, granddaughter, 4, b Kidderminster

Annie Clark, daughter, 26, b Cambridge

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1913

34 – 37 vacant

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East Road Redevelopment Area
12 November 1952

Ninety-one percent of the properties in the East Road area of Cambridge fell into the “short life” or “no life” categories the Development Plan inquiry was told. The area as a whole was described as “densely packed”. The age of the houses was about 100 years, they were generally poorly constructed and the worst property in Cambridge lay in the area. The plan envisages using Norfolk Street as a local shopping centre to keep East Road free for a traffic route. But Mr S.P. Yarrow, retail grocer at 35 East Road said that if he went to Norfolk Street his turnover would be cut by half. B.G. Reynolds of Renbro Wireless Services, East Road, said he had one of the best positions in the area and business would go down if he moved. They did not see why two shops in East Road should impede the flow of traffic.

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge East Road Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, reference 52 11 12.