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Arthur Street, CAMBRIDGE, CB4 3BX

Oblivious to the credit crunch, these well-fed animals lounge on the roof of a conservatory in Hale Street.

Nestling in a Hale Street garden.

A typical cast-iron stench pole at the angle of Victoria Road and Arthur Street opposite the Carpenter's Arms (Searle Street and French's Road also meet at this five-way junction). The pole still retains its fine corona finial and a close inspection behind the telecoms cabinet Image reveals the manufacturer's name as Needham of Stockport. John Needham & Sons of Portwood, Stockport were iron founders and manufacturers of grids and manhole covers. They established their foundry in 1834 and it continued in production until 1979. One of the partners, Sir Christopher Thomas Needham, was a Liberal MP for Manchester Hulme from 1910 to 1918, when he was unseated by a Unionist. For wider views see John Sutton's Image and Image Stinkpipes of Cambridge https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1tGa-vqWr8XI064h9UKIdCi-HU70&ll=52.21258843580144%2C0.12606165542427217&z=17

A view from the corner of French's Road towards where Searle Street and Arthur Street meet Victoria Road. For a closer look at the sewer vent pipe on the corner of Arthur Street, see Image

Now difficult to read because a telecoms cabinet has been positioned close against Image, the cast inscription reveals the manufacturer of this stench pole on the corner of Arthur Street as Needham, Stockport, England. John Needham & Sons of Portwood, Stockport were iron founders and manufacturers of grids and manhole covers. They established their foundry in 1834 and it continued in production until 1979. One of the partners, Sir Christopher Thomas Needham, sat as a Liberal MP for Manchester Hulme from 1910 until the Armistice General Election of 1918, when he was unseated by a Unionist. Stinkpipes of Cambridge https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1tGa-vqWr8XI064h9UKIdCi-HU70&ll=52.21258843580144%2C0.12606165542427217&z=17