Category Archives: Pubs
Samuel Birne – turf correspondent & publican
Samuel Birne (1870 – 1949) spent over 50 years as both a publican and a racing correspondent. The last 30 years of his life were spent in Cambridge – as landlord of the Golden Rose in Emmanuel Road. But before … Continue reading
The Man in the Moon
For as long as we have gazed at it, we have imagined seeing a face, head or body (so-called pareidolic images), in/on the moon. Given that we are keen to see a ‘man in the moon’ several myths have grown … Continue reading
Hoop Performers 2
Frederick Lablache (1815 – 1887) and Fanny Wyndham (c.1821-1877) CONCERT at the HOOP Saturday 20 October 1838. A Combination of Talent: The celebrated Contralto of the Opera the Buffa Miss Fanny Wyndham and the celebrated Basso Cantante of the Opera … Continue reading
Bar-keeper of the Mitre (King’s Parade)
Within the central Cambridge parish of St Edward were formerly two famous taverns called the Mitre and the Tuns. The Mitre stood at the south end of the site now occupied by the screen of King’s. It “fell” through a … Continue reading