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On this day, demolition work began on the Chesterton sub-police station, the Bachelor of Hearts premiered at the Regal Cinema, and the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret visited Mr Stanley Woolston’s antique shop.
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On this day, a fire broke out in the grand jury room at the Shire Hall, Laurie & McConnal’s department store on Fitzroy Street opened its doors for the final time, and the first electric trains arrived at Cambridge railway station.
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On this day, a fire broke out at a butter merchants in Petty Cury, another fire at Newmarket endangered over 20 racehorses, and no-one took any notice of Prince Philip's visit after he had opened the new magistrates’ courts.
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On this day, the Perse School for Girls celebrated its 100th birthday, the new ADC Theatre opened on Park Street, and a customer made a claim against Messrs Norman Bradley and Co over a pair of extremely irritating trousers.
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On this day, Burwell sought to introduce piped water, the occupier of the Blue Boar Hotel sued an architect for damages, and a prediction was made that, by 2020, there would be no cars nor parking problems in Petty Cury.
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On this day, Corpus Christi hosted its first Queenborough feast, the Victoria Cinema made way for a new Marks and Spencers, and artistic Londoners came to Cambridge to acquire identification marks for their motor cars.
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On this day, a custom was revived to celebrate Plough Monday, Cambridge Market stallholders were troubled by pilfering urchins, and a man with his coat and trousers on fire told a police station he wished to be locked up.
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On this day, Eille Norwood returned to St John's College to play Sherlock Holmes, the wife of a fellow of Trinity experimented with a ouija board, and a landlord was forced to dispose of his lemurs, monkeys and dingoes.
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On this day, the first licensed coffee bar opened in Cambridge, a fire at an RAF station caused a mustard gas explosion, and the idea was put forward to tunnel into Royston's hillsides to create permanent A.R.P. shelters.
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On this day, Sir Clive Sinclair unveiled his new electric vehicle, a Cambridge man explained how he helped plan D-Day, and skating enthusiasts travelled to the Fens to skate on the largest extent of frozen river since 1895.
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On this day, the city appointed its first traffic warden, Littleport was described as a plague-infested place, and the beginning of the end drew nigh for the city's horse-drawn trams after a 20-year struggle against its rivals.