Tag Archives: Cambridge

All Saints’ Church

Posted on 17/08/2015 by carolinemmurray

I was walking up Jesus Lane the other day, and All Saints’ church was open. This Victorian pile was, for a long period in my Cambridge life, locked and threatened with demolition. Only about one hundred years after it was … Continue reading →

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The Phone Book

Posted on 05/08/2015 by carolinemmurray

One of the less likely treasures of the Museum of Cambridge is the two-sheet Cambridge telephone directory for 1896–7. (The National Telephone Company set up in Cambridge in 1892.) It is interesting equally for the names it lists as for … Continue reading →

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Graves of the Great and Good

Posted on 24/07/2015 by carolinemmurray

I had been meaning for ages to visit the Ascension Burial Ground in north Cambridge, and a tweet from Zoe Cormack about the grave of J.G. Frazer and his wife finally got me off the sofa and out of the … Continue reading →

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Station Road, Cambridge: A Short Meditation

Posted on 03/07/2015 by carolinemmurray

I just went to buy a ticket in advance for trip to London tonight (having queued for 30 minutes last time, which didn’t actually matter in the end because the train I wanted was cancelled). As I wasn’t in a … Continue reading →

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