Street view of brick storefronts on Petty Cury including Alexandre and John Collier, with a parked car and a person walking.

13-16 Petty Cury 1960s

15 Petty Cury, Cambridge

History of 15 Petty Cury

1841 ? unnumbered

Isaac Young, 35, tea dealer

1851

Thomas Groom, 32, bootmaker, b Herts
Sarah, 30, b Herts
Philip, 30, bootmaker, b Herts

1861

Thomas Scott, 45, grocer, b Cambridge
Caroline, 42, b Cambridge
Mary Ann, 21, b Cambridge
Thomas, 19, grocer, b Cambridge
Henry, 14, b Cambridge
Caroline, 12, b Cambridge
Sophia, 10, b Cambridge
Walter, 8, b Cambridge
Kate, 6, b Cambridge
Mary Ann Baker, wife’s sister, 38, b Cambridge

1863

William Lusher took over the grocery business in 1863. he went bankrupt in 1864 and died of TB in 1865.

In 1861 William had been living at the Pickerel Inn. he had married Amelia Constable, daughter of hatter John F Constable who had a shop at 8 Petty Cury.

See Mill Road Cemetery entry

1871

Frederick T Jackson, 30, grocer, b Cambridge
Catherine, 30, b Wimpole
Catherine E, 8, b Cambridge
Sarah A, 4, b Cambridge
Frederick T, 18 mos, b Cambridge
Caroline Briggs, 14, servant, b Dullingham

According to Enid Porter in ‘Victorian Cambridge’, Lyles and Speed of 15 Petty Cury bought the Gonville Nursery after the death of Jabez Chater. Their shop and the nursery was acquired later by James Sanders.

1881

1891

George Stace, 39, draper, b Sussex
Amelia, 42, b Cambridge
Winifred Mary, 12, b Cambridge
Mary Elizabeth Kelsey, assistant, 32, mantle shopwoman, b Norfolk
Clara Camwell Kelsey, assistant, 27, millinery shopwoman, b Norfolk
Margaret A Wallman, 23, housemaid, b Swavesey
Ellen Elizabeth Wilson, 16, kitchenmaid, b Chesterton

Studio portrait of a middle-aged man with a short beard and mustache, wearing a collared shirt, tie, and fur-trimmed robe.

George Stace

1901

Edward Malcolm Bennett, servant, 28, clerk, b Cambridge
Elizabeth Ward, 18, servant, b Toft
Louisa Sargent, 48, servant, b Gt Shelford
Francis E Butterfield, 32, servant, dressmaker, b Yorks
Harriett R Fennick, 30, servant, milliner, b London
Sarah E Pinches, servant, 29, drapers assistant, b Herefordshire
Annie G Rice, servant, 29, drapers assistant, b Devon
Anne E Thorpe, 28, draper’s assistant, b Lincs

1913

George Stace, milliner, ladies outfitter, undertaker

1918

George Stace died

1921

Premises assigned by Amelia Stace, widow, to Ralph Elliott Moore. Moore retained the valuable George Stace trading name. In 1932 Moore moved from 224 Hills Road to 4 Luard Road and remained there until about 1970.

1939

George Stace business still trading.

1962

Alexandre Ltd, tailors

13-16 Petty Cury 1960s (MoC204A/70)

A brick building named Alexandra House under scaffolding with street-level shop fronts for Alexandre and John Collier.

13-15 Petty Cury circa 1960s (MoC194/72)

Pedestrians walk past a row of brick shops on Petty Cury, including Separates, Kum Loong restaurant, and Dipple & Conway.

16 Petty Cury

A street scene in Petty Cury showing brick storefronts, parked cars, a zebra crossing, and a projecting clock on the right.

14 – 18 Petty Cury c.1960

A low-angle view of a multi-story brick building with rows of sash windows and dormers along the roofline in Petty Cury.

15 Petty Cury (MoC138/71)

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