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Genealogy and Local History, East Cambridgeshire

Goodin Brothers Store
High Class Tailors and Drapers
High Street

Goodin Brothers Store decorated for
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.

We are not sure exactly when the Goodin Bros business was established in Soham but as you can see from the photo shown on the left they were trading here in 1897, we think it was probably about the 1890's when they started trading here. Frederick Goodin the Proprietor originated from Bottisham in Cambridgeshire. The premises of the Shop were known as London House, and it appears from old trade directories that whilst Frederick was listed as Tailors and Woollen Drapers, Bertha was listed as Milliner and Fancy Drapers, it seems that they were trading from the same premises, which were quite large and double fronted.

Frederick Goodin died in 1923 aged 63 years and Bertha his Wife died in 1920 aged 49 years , both are buried together in the Soham Cemetery in Fordham Road. Their Son Leslie Oscar Goodin died in 1937 aged 40 years and is buried next to his Parents, they also had a Daughter Cynthia who was a member of the Soham Amateur Dramatic Society, but what happened to her we have yet to discover.
We don't know when Goodins stopped trading in the High Street, The Soham Launderette has been in one half of the premises for many years, the other half was at one time David Seals Farm Fresh Greengrocer's Shop, this was trading in the 1990's and is now a Tanning & Beauty Salon.

London House, The Tanning & Beauty
Studio & Soham Laundrette in 2004.

View of Goodins in Fore Hill Ely in December 1906 next door to Woolworths old store.	Goodin Brothers High Class Tailors, Woolen Drapers Clothiers & Outfitters High Street, Soham And Fore Hill, Ely.
As can be seen from the advert on the right dated 1915, Goodin Brothers also had a Store on Fore Hill, Ely at the same time as their Soham Store.

Goodin on the Census.

Census 1881
34 Lode St, Bottisham.

Mary A Goodin, Head, Widow, aged 55, Master Tailor, Employing 1 Man, 2 Boys, born Bottisham Lode.
David Goodin, Son, aged 23, Tailor, born Bottisham.
Frederick Goodin, Son, aged 21, Drapers Assistant (Unemployed), born Bottisham.
Harry G Goodin, Son, aged 15, Tailors Apprentice, born Bottisham.
Edward C Goodin, Son, aged 15, Tailors Apprentice, born Bottisham.

Census 1901
High St Soham.
Fred Goodin, aged 40, Draper & Clothier, born Bottisham.
Bertha Goodin, aged 30, Fancy Shopkeeper, born Soham.
Leslie Goodin, aged 4, born Soham.
Cynthia Goodin, aged 3mths, born Soham.

Goodin Brothers, High St, Soham,
(the shop with the gas lamps outside) 1914.

Frederick Goodin married Miss Bertha Cordelia Crisp, the Daughter of another Shopkeeper in Soham, Mr Thomas George Crisp, they married sometime before 1901.

Soham Cemetery Inscriptions.

This Record of the Monumental Inscriptions at the Fordham Road Cemetery, Soham, was made by Tim and Julie Webb of Soham between 2004 and 2010 as time permitted. This electronic version comprises the full text of the transcript, with the addition of photographs of the graves as well as purchase and burial details taken from the original purchase and burial registers.

Safe for all ages.

Quakers of Cambridgeshire
and the Isle of Ely.

This is a very interesting book that we have extracted the Cambridgeshire part from, the full title of the book is, A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers, and was published in 1753, but gives accounts as far back as 1653, has many names from this area and details of what became of them including their punishments because of their Faith, is an absolutely fascinating read.

Cambridgeshire and
Huntingdonshire Leaders.

A great resource for anyone with interest in the political and social history of both Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire

Cures for Beasts.

This is a little handwritten book dated 1817 in our possession, that once belonged to a local Live Stock Farmer, it is unique and is a book of recipes of old fashioned Cures for all manner of disorders in Cattle, Sheep and Horses, you can read how they cured these things with local ingredients, some sound pretty hair raising. Only available from us.

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