WRITER
Cambridge
The New Spring
My dad, if not exactly born in a pub, was brought up in a pub, the Portland Arms Cambridge. His grandparents, also had a pub, the Fitzroy Arms in Fitzroy Street, Cambridge, but when we were children his regular pub was the New Spring, down near the river. It was further away than the Portland, […]
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Of its time
This photo is so of its time; the rowing club blazers, the baggy trousers held up by braces (I bet Donald had his held up with a tie – he couldn’t bear belts or braces!) and the brilliantined hair. This is my dad Donald, somewhere in Cambridge, no doubt near the river; he is on […]
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Pubs my dad might have known
My dad was brought up in Cambridge and from the age of four until he left home to get married he lived in a pub with his parents and brothers and sisters. The pub was the Portland Arms, and in a previous life it had been The Scales Hotel, named after the brewing family. I’ve […]
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Lois Elsden 