Burleigh Street, 1964

74 Burleigh Street, Cambridge

History of 74 Burleigh Street

1913

(74) Felix Gunther, watchmaker and jeweller

(74a) Co-operative Society’s Confectionary Branch

1913 05 16
Police were called to F. Gunter’s jeweller’s shop in Burleigh Street when a clock was spotted resting on the guttering. The attic window was open and display cases disarranged. Rumours spread that it had been burgled and a crowd assembled, grateful for anything that promised relief from the tedium of Whit Monday. Finding the back door locked, police borrowed a ladder and entered through the attic window. Inside they found a servant girl who explained that she’d dropped the clock out of the window. Returning from an excursion, Mr Gunter and his family were surprised at the commotion 1913 05 16 p2 CIP

Credit: Mike Petty Archive, Cambridge Burleigh Street Scrapbook 1897 to 1990, ref. 1913 05 16 p2 CIP.

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1939

(74) Winton Smith, provision merchants

(74a) Smith and Benstead, tailors

A Smith

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1962

F Winton-Smith, provision merchants and butchers