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Downing Street in 1959 featuring a corner shop, a narrow street with period vehicles, and a prominent no-waiting road sign.

Downing Street (1959)

13 Downing Street

History of 13 Downing Street

1861

George Whitmore, wine merchant employing 4 men, b Middlesex

A tree-lined street view in Cambridge features arched brick buildings on the right and small figures walking on the sidewalk.

Downing Street c.1890

1913

Whitmore and Co, wine spirit and ale merchants
John Mills, lodging house keeper

1971 Whitmore & Co

A street corner showing the Whitmore & Co wine shop with a car parked outside on a cobblestone road in black and white.

Whitmore & Co and The Bun Shop, corner of Downing Street and St Andrew’s Hill, 1971 (Peter Soar)

A narrow courtyard features a ladder leaning against a building, piles of metal kegs, and a person walking towards the back.

St Andrew’s Hill, yard at back of Whitmore’s, 1972 (MoC60/72)

 

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