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On this day, large crowds lined the railway platforms in Ely to pay homage to George VI, shoppers in Petty Cury scattered to avoid collapsing masonry, and serious crime seemingly came to an end during the First World War.
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On this day, Prince Charles placed the crown on the Cambridge rag queen, Captain Scott captivated his audience at the Cambridge Guildhall, and King Edward VII and Queen Elizabeth II were proclaimed in Ely and Cambridge.
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On this day, traders mounted a bicycle exhibition at the Corn Exchange, the Persian ambassador visited to mark the inauguration of the University Iran Association, and Marshall’s planned to open an aerodrome at Teversham.
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On this day, Cambridge picked up the craze for ping pong, militant suffragists incited young village people to carry out mischievous pranks, and an undergrad drove a car through the booking hall of Cambridge station.
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On this day, buildings in Cambridge were equipped with new automatic fire escapes, protestors cried blasphemy at a Gamlingay church, and an exhibition showcased photos of one of the worst disasters in Fenland history.
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On this day, the rendezvous dance hall asked for an extension of its dancing licence, transgressors in Fen Ditton got good tin-kettling, and employees of Messrs Chivers and Sons saw themselves at work on the silver screen.
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'The hardest thing to convey was Forster's wit, because his novels are satirical and very funny – but the project itself was intended to be playful, as well as an act of homage.'
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On this day, a wood dealer from Fulbourn claimed his horse had been bewitched, seven young men from West Wratting sat down to a rat supper, and a new Cambridge ballroom known as the Embassy opened on Mill Road.
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On this day, work began to build a new estate near Arbury Road, magistrates received a complaint about the Swan pub in Bottisham, and ghostly rappings were heard on the back door of a cottage at Tydd-street, St Mary.
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On this day, Cambridge council heard that no demand appeared to exist for public wash-houses, St Andrew’s Street Baptist Chapel was formally dedicated, and a councillor celebrated the pedestrianisation of Petty Cury.