Identity area
Reference code
JCAF/3/20
Title
College Ties, Hats and Scarves
Date(s)
- c. 1950 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 box
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Tailor and outfitters
Name of creator
Administrative history
Est. 1851
Alfred Bodger, 33, hosier, b Cambridge
At some point Bodger took over 14 Sidney Street from Algernon James Pasco Osborne who had run a boot and shoe shop. No 14 became Bodger’s men’s shop. No 12 was the ladies’ clothes shop.
In 1861 there existed Freemans Court which may well have been the later Bodger’s Passage.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Lambert Charles Shepherd. Donated 16th May 2004
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Red Herring tie and bow tie (black with red fish); Rhadgunds tie (green, purple and white stripes), Natives ties (black, pink and blue stripes), May Ball committee member sash (black with embroidered cockerel), general College hats, sash and ties (black and red stripes). Five further unidentified ties, including possibly wheatsheafs.