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11-12 Sidney Street (MoC519/55)

12 Sidney Street, Freeman’s Court, Bodger’s Passage

History of 12 Sidney Street

1851

Bodger and Co founded

1861

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.

Freemans Court:

(1)

William Hales, 29, carpenter, b Cambridge

(2)

Charles Carlton, 48, brewer’s servant, b West Wratting

(3)

Henry Bovis, 32, painter and decorator, b Sussex

(4)

Charlotte Sarah Creeke, 66, domestic nurse, b London

1913

A Bodger and Co, hosiers and glovers

Bodger’s passage between 11 and 12 Sidney Street housed stock rooms

1936

W A Coad, draper, starts business here. Bodgers move to the opposite corner.

See Enid Porter:

Shopping

Ladies Club: Miss K Stephen, president

Mrs P H Winfield, hon treasurer

Mrs Hingston Quiggin, Norfolk House, Hartington Grove, hon secretary

G Reynolds

 

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