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Picture source: Stephen Harris

The Globe Inn was situated at 529 Newmarket Road. This pub closed in the 1990s and is now in use as a restaurant.  Former brewery buildings can be seen at the rear.

As a teenager in 1960s Cambridge I was a keen angler and spent many summer nights on the River Cam fishing for eels – back then they were never considered endangered. I kept my catch and the following morning I would sling the bucket over the handlebar of my bike and take them to the Globe Inn where the landlady, having made sure that they were all still alive, would pay me for them, often with a 10/- note. Serious money at that point in my life! There was a Corona bottling plant/depot just across the road and the former Cambridge United football ground was next door. Happy days!

Nick Hopkins (March 2020)

From Cambridgeshire Heritage:

The Globe Brewery was situated at the junction of Newmarket Road and Ditton Walk. It was rebuilt and re-equipped in 1871 by Thomas Evans, and put up for sale in 1883 with four public houses and Papermill House. Part of the brewery buildings can be seen in the yard of the Globe public house as a three storey building with covered hoist, chimney and clerestory. Recent restoration has been carried out on the building, but some parts demolished. A datestone with the inscription "FE1871" is still visible, commemorating Francis Evans' rebuilding. The brewery in 1883 had a 6 and a half quarter plant.

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