14 Regent Street, Cambridge

History of 14 Regent Street

1913

A J Berry, fellow and lecturer in Chemistry and Physics Downing College

CWN (26 Nov 1981): A Nursery window on the first floor of their home at 14 Regent Street was a good vantage point for three lively girls who grew up in Cambridge in the 1920s. From their window, the Berry sisters, daughters of A J Berry … used to watch the lamplighter come round each evening. During the day they would see the Stetchworth Dairies cart delivering milk to the houses in the street. One of the Berry sisters, Dr Mary Berry, who is a Fellow of Newnham and is Director of Studies in Music, remembered the milk cart being drawn by two little Shetland ponies.

There used to be a garden full of trees at the back of the house. Known as “Berry’s wilderness” it was in 1981 a college carpark. Similarly by 1981 most of the house had gone.

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14 Regent Street — demolition for garage extension, 18 April 1936
The work of pulling down and building up in Cambridge goes merrily on. Anyone revisiting the town after only a few years’ absence must be amazed at the remarkable changes taking place from the old Post Office to the Catholic Church. In a few years this will form the most important and best shopping centre in Cambridge. Now no.14 Regent Street, which was built at the end of the 18th century, will be pulled down by Messrs Herbert Robinson to make an extension of their business. This will mean a further improvement in the building line with a consequent street widening. 36 04 18b
Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge REGENT STREET Scrapbook, entry 1936 04

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1964

Herbert Robinson Ltd Bicycles

Sir David Robinson’s example to those who made their fortunes in Cambridge

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2000 – 20009

Transversal. Founders Dr Davin Yap and Dr David Mackay. They were pioneers of AI language models known as LLMs.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2055491.stm

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Current:

Farrow and Ball