134 (55) Fitzroy Street, Cambridge

History of 134 Fitzroy Street

1913 (55)

John Whitehead jnr., fruiterer

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1935 12 05

John Whitehead, 65, has been in the fruit and vegetable trade all his life. He started hawking goods on a barrow and then with a horse and cart. About 40 years ago he took a shop in Fitzroy Street and struggled to bring up a big family—he had 13 sons. It was difficult to obtain goods during the Great War, but afterwards he obtained a motor lorry and in 1933 went to London for goods for the Christmas trade. They were brought to a garage in Cambridge from which they were stolen. Then a runaway horse smashed up his van and the lorry ran into a lamp-post. 35 12 05b

Credit: Mike Petty, Fitzroy Street Cambridge Scrapbook 1897 to 1990.

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1939 (134 & 136)

John Whitehead jnr, fruiterer