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The cream-colored facade of 32-33 Petty Cury features a blue Halifax storefront at street level and two floors of windows.

32-33 Petty Cury, Cambridge

History of 32-33 Petty Cury

1851

(unnumbered)

Charles Briggs, 44, tobacconist

(unnumbered)

Robert Vawser, 41


1861

(32)

Charles Briggs, 54, tobacconist and perfumer, b Cambridge

(33)

Robert Vawser, 50, hosier and glover, b March


1913

W K Vawser, tailors and robe makers

(33a) Miss Brooks, lodging house keeper

A busy street lined with multi-story brick buildings, featuring horse-drawn carriages, people, and a vertical Vawser sign.

Petty Cury c.1920 Vawser banner visible (MoC58/55)

 

A busy street lined with multi-story brick buildings, featuring horse-drawn carriages, people, and a vertical Vawser sign.Pedestrians walk down a narrow city street lined by shop fronts on the left and metal scaffolding wrapped in blue netting.

 


1962

Dolcis Ltd, shoe retailers

The Waffle Cafe

 


A street-level view shows a white brick building next to a dark-walled building occupied by a Dolcis shop with display cases.

32 & 33 Petty Cury (MoC252/72)

2018

Halifax Building Society

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