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A row of ivy-covered brick cottages lines a path with a street lamp, a man, and several women and children nearby.

6 North Cottages – the Chamberlain family

6 North Cottages (North Terrace) (Nightingales Cottages) Trumpington Road

History of North Cottages

A complex genealogical chart featuring many small portraits, text, and two larger black-and-white photographs of family members.

1910

Mercy Metcalfe née Gillett lived here from 1910 to 1919.

1913 North Terrace

Michael C Metcalfe, gardener

1914

Michael was killed by a sniper in the Third Battles of Ypres, aged 32. Mercy was left with six children.

1920

Percy John Chamberlain, who had lost his first wife in the ‘flu epidemic of 1918 after the birth of their seventh child, married Mercy and went on to have five more children

(See David Chamberlain family history posters)

Family tree document featuring biographical text, multiple portraits of individuals, and photographs of a lamp lighter.

1950

Chamberlain family

A collage of photographs, text, and illustrations documenting domestic life at North Cottages, Cambridge, in 1950.

1951

A collage of vintage photographs, text, and illustrations documenting family life at North Cottages on Trumpington Road.

1952

A montage of historical photographs, text, and ephemera relating to life in Cambridge during the mid-twentieth century.

1953

A collage featuring black-and-white historical photographs, documents, and text detailing events and scenes from 1953 Cambridge.

1954

A collage of historical photographs, text, and documents about 1954 Cambridge, featuring buses, school scenes, and buildings.

1956

A collage of black-and-white photographs, Dinky toy images, and text documenting personal memories from 1956 in Cambridge.

1957

A composite page featuring 1957 historical photographs, text, personal documents, and images of toys, fairgrounds, and coins.

1958

A digital collage featuring a brick school building, a school report book, photographs of bicycles, trains, and children.

1959

A collage of multiple black-and-white historical photographs, news clippings, and text documenting life in 1959 Cambridge.

1960

Chamberlain family

A collage of black-and-white photographs, newspaper clippings, and text documenting family life and local history in 1960.

1962

Aleck Jaroswich

1970

Aleck Jariszewicz

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