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Cheffins held a property auction in Cambridge yesterday (which i missed 🙁 ). This fine 3 bed semi in Lovell Road CB4 2QW was predicted, prior to the auction, to make £180K to £200K in fact it didn’t reach £118K . Oops it made £179,500 Only 8 of the 15 lots were sold at the […]
Today was the official opening of the £3million pound Riverside Bridge in Cambridge, Partially funded by Tesco through a s106 agreement on its Newmarket Road store (All we know is that £1.7million came from 3rd party sources). Isn’t it crazy that the exact amounts are not easily publicly available and that it seems council policy […]
Today at Noon was the official start to my swimming season here in Cambridge with the Jesus Green pool opening. The water was at a balmy 51°F a couple of degrees warmer than last year. I managed 2 lengths (Sally did 4). Jordan, the reporter was there from the Cambridge News and he reckons our […]
As a follow on from my December post on Kings Parade lighting. I’m pleased to record a bit of progress. Whilst doing one of my experimental Cambridge Walks (this mornings was to try and walk from the railway station to the river and back without seeing any modern shops and using all the old passageways […]
Quentin took this fine picture of Kings Parade in Cambridge. Which had me thinking about the current state of street lighting on Kings Parade. Especially after Cathy and I visited the Shire Hall a few years ago to complain about the new columns. A bit of history first, In 1957 the new Richardson lights were […]