One possibility to store data in a cell is by using TaggingRules. Like, e.g.,
CurrentValue[PreviousCell[], {TaggingRules, "mydata"}] = 42
It looks promising! Thank you Rolf! I thought TaggingRules can only be stored at the notebook level.
TaggingRules
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