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Three-story commercial buildings on Hobson Street with shopfronts at street level and parked cars in the foreground.

40 – 44 Hobson Street c.1970 (MoC)

40, 42, 44 Hobson Street

History of 40 - 44 Hobson Street

1913

(40-42) Frederick Morley, pawnbrokers

Mrs Mayes

Cooke and Sons, upholsterers, undertakers and paperhangers

(44) not listed


Printed advertisement for Cyril Ridgeon & Son listing building materials and addresses in Hobson Street and Tenison Road.

1936, Blue Book

1939

Brick street frontage featuring Morley’s shops with prominent signage and a large plain building standing on the corner.

Hobson Street 1939: Frederick Morley & Cyril Ridgeon premises (Cambridgeshire Collection)


1962

(40-42) Frederick Morley and Co, clothiers

(44) Cyril Ridgeon & Son, timber importers

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  • Hobson Street

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