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Chef Stanley Chown in 1976, Blinco Grove154 Blinco Grove, (1)
History of 154 Blinco Grove
1891
(1 Blinco Grove)
George Mann
Ellen Catherine Marsh, 24
Bertram George Mann, lodger’s, 5, born Fulbourn
Beatrix Ellen Mann Marsh [?], lodger’s, 2, born Cherry Hinton
Ida C Mann Marsh, lodger’s, 3 mos, born Cherry Hinton
1901
(no.1 Blinco Grove), born Cherry Hinton
George Mann, 57, stonemason at home, born Norfolk
Ellen C Marsh, 34, housekeeper
Beatrix E.M. Mann, 12, born Fulbourn
Ida C.M. 10, born Cambridge
Harvey C.M., 8, born Cambridge
Lily Q.M., 6, born Cambridge
Gladys R.M. 3, born Cambridge
Gertrude M. 1, born Cambridge
Sidney M. 3mos, born Cambridge
1911
Herbert Turner, 44, brewers drayman, born Newmarket
Sarah Turner, 43, born Newmarket
Violet Turner, 17, born Cambridge
1939
Walter K Chown, b 1880, gardener
Alice M Chown, b 1883,
George W Chown, b 1910, motor mechanic
Stanley Chown, b 1911, college cook
In 1911 the Chown family were at Fernleigh, Cherry Hinton.
Michael Bentinck in Forgotten Heroes, includes a letter from Mrs D E Chown, writing about her husband Stanley. he hand been a chef in Changi cooking for the RAMC and for the men of the Cambridgeshire Regiment. If men were sick he would try to find them a job in the kitchen where he could look after them until they recovered. He saved many by making up dishes from cats, rats, snakes as well as all sorts of rice dishes.
1976 Mr Stanley Chown has created hundreds of masterpieces over the last 50 years, only to see them destroyed in minutes. But he takes it as a compliment, because he is chef manager at Pembroke College, and has cooked his way to the top of his career. Last night, a special reception was held at the college to mark his retirement. Mr Chown started as an apprentice chef with the college in February 1926. “In those days you did seven years’ apprenticeship and then two more years before you were recognised as trained. I got five shillings a week when I began, and 15 shillings a week after five years,” he said.
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