Cambridge, the Guildhall 1938 (ref. 88521) | The present Guildhall building, with its clean neo-Georgian styling, replaced the earlier one on the south side of the market square in 1936-7. |  Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, the Mathematical Bridge c1955 (ref. C14080) | The curious Mathematical Bridge across the Cam, built on geometric principles, and originally held together - so the story goes - without any fixing devices. Apparently when it was taken apart at the turn of the century to discover the principles upon which it was built, those who dismantled it could not reassemble it without the use of bolts. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital 1938 (ref. 88528) | When Dr John Addenbrooke died in 1719, he left over £4,500 to build a new hospital. Here we see Addenbrooke's from the roof of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Trumpington Street. Today's hospital is a vast complex on the southern outskirts of Cambridge, renowned for its special skills in dealing with head injuries. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, Jesus Lock 1925 (ref. 78731b) | Jesus Lock is the limit of navigation on the River Cam for powered craft. The river above here is that which flows past the colleges, travelled on there at a much more leisurely rate by rowing boats and punts. The footbridge was built in 1892. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, the Fitzwilliam Museum 1890 (ref. 26605) | The imposing classically-styled Fitzwilliam Museum is the University's private museum, founded in 1816 by the bequest of the 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam. Its collections include Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities, and works of art spanning many centuries. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, the Cam, Trinity Bridge 1914 (ref. 66902a) | It just goes to show it is not only the roads which suffer from traffic jams. Boating and punting on the Cam has long been a popular pastime, and it is no different now from when this photograph was taken. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, Hobbs Pavilion 1931 (ref. 84523) | Born in Cambridge in 1882, Sir John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs was undoubtedly the world's greatest cricket batsman of his time. Between 1905 and 1934 he played in 61 test matches and scored a record 61,237 runs. Perhaps his greatest innings at the Oval was against Australia in 1926, when he made a century to help bring back the Ashes to England. Hobbs's Pavilion on Parker's Piece, (note the batsman wind vane), honours Cambridge's sporting son. These days, Hobbs's Pavilion is a restaurant. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, Green Dragon Ferry 1909 (ref. 61517) | There is a real art to punting. If you do it properly, both forward motion and steering is provided by the pole. But as these boaters opposite the Green Dragon pub in Water Street in Chesterton demonstrate, it does take some practice, which is why a paddle can come in handy for the less experienced. There were two ferries operating across the river here to Stourbridge Common, the larger of the two able to take a horse and cart. Both ferries ceased operating in 1935 when a footbridge was built here. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, Fenner's Cricket Ground 1921 (ref. 70615a) | Fenner's cricket ground is the University cricket ground. Nearby Parker's Piece is where the local non-university clubs play, and where Jack Hobbs developed his skills before gaining fame in national and international cricket. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, The Backs 1890 (ref. 26495) | The Backs of Cambridge are probably as well known as the colleges themselves. Immaculately kept lawns sweep down to the peaceful River Cam. The scene is dominated by the breathtaking Perpendicular splendour of King's College Chapel. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, Market Place 1890 (ref. 26617) | Perhaps not on a par with the great Suffolk wool churches, Great St Mary's, overlooking the Market Place, is none the less an impressive piece of Perpendicular architecture. Many great clerics have preached here, including Latimer, Ridley and Cranmer. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, The Bank and Post Office 1931 (ref. 84537) | Looking down towards St Andrew's Street, with First Court, the oldest part of Christ's College, in the distance. The Capital and Counties bank (now Lloyd's) and Post Office are in the foreground. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, Market Place 1938 (ref. 88527) | Here we see the Market Place from the Guildhall. The number of parked cars is perhaps an indication of the traffic problems to come in later years. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, the Airport 1938 (ref. 88520) | Cambridge's Marshall Airport was built just the year before this photograph was taken. The Marshall family first set up in Cambridge in 1909 with an engineering company to provide car maintenance and coach building work to the rich undergraduates of the University. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, St John's College 1908 (ref. 60849) | The early Tudor gateway of St John's College is richly decorated with the arms of its founder, Lady Margaret Beaufort. The gatehouse leads to the First Court, and beyond come the Second and Third Courts, each younger than the previous one. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, Hills Road 1931 (ref. 84529) | The war memorial is situated on the junction of Station Road with Hills Road. Dedicated by the Duke of York (or rather a plaster cast of it, as the bronze itself did not arrive until ten days later) in July 1922, it depicts a young soldier wearing a laurel victory wreath. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, Queens' College 1890 (ref. 26572) | Queens' College was founded in 1448. It was one of the first colleges to be built in red brick at the time when the rather expensive fashion of imported stone began to decline. The second court contains the President's Lodge, one of the few half-timbered Tudor college buildings. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, Trinity Street 1914 (ref. 66891) | Looking south down the wonderful architectural hotch-potch of Trinity Street, with the medieval church of Great St Mary in the distance. Cambridge is renowned as a city of bicycles, and even in 1914 their presence was already conspicuous. | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, Clare College 1890 (ref. 26568) | Here we see Clare College from Clare Bridge, which dates from 1640: it is the oldest surviving bridge in Cambridge. Generations of visitors have been asked the same question: 'How many balls are there on the balustrades?' | Add your own Memory
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Cambridge, 1st Eastern General Hospital c1920 (ref. C14701) | The 1st Eastern General Hospital was set up in Nevile's Court in Trinity College at the beginning of World War 1, with beds placed around the cloisters. As more and more injured men came back from the front, a larger hut hospital was built on the playing fields of King's and Clare Colleges, with 'open-air' wards such as this one housing the patients. | Add your own Memory
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