31 Petty Cury, Cambridge

History of 31 Petty Cury

1847 23 January. Josiah Chater went to a party given by his brother William’s employer, Mr Basham. It began at 6 o’clock with ‘a very comfortable tea’ after which:

We had Charades and also played Mr Pickwick and Oliver Twist; we also had a Magic Lantern. Supper at ten – a glorious repast.

1851 (unnumbered)

William Basham, 55, draper

1861 (31)

William Isaac Basham, 32, master woollen draper, b Cambridge

1913

Boots, Cash Chemists, fine art dealers and circulating library

Stone building with three gables above Lyon restaurant and Van Allan shop fronts on a street, featuring display windows.

30-31 Petty Cury c1960

1962

J Lyons & Co Ltd, restaurant

View of Petty Cury with wooden hoardings and structural timber shoring supporting an adjacent wall near the J. Lyons shop.

31 Petty Cury (MoC1/160/70)

A row of shops on Petty Cury behind a large building site with mounds of earth, hoardings, and a distant church spire.

31 Petty Cury (MoC285/72)

Two adjacent building facades, one with a shoe shop display and the other with a Jolyon restaurant front, on a city street.

31 Petty Cury (MoC251/72)

2018

Superdry

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