East Fen Common, Soham
Digging Dandelions by Michael Rouse (2021) contains the reminiscences of living on East Fen Common, recalled by Blanche Looker née Goose in 1974. She was born near Loftus Bridge.
Other accounts collected are by:
Alice Mary Badcock née Gilbey
Dorothy Green
Lily Howe
The bridge is over the River Snail.
The Common had such a reputation for roughness that even after a road to Isleham was opened up through the Common, people preferred to take the long way round.
Do you have any information about the people or places in this article? If so, then please
let us know using the Contact page or by emailing capturingcambridge@
This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 not including content on external links as indicated by
.