70 Regent Street, ‘Brooklyn’, Cambridge

History of 70 Regent Street

In 1901 there was a householder Phypers at (29) Regent Street

1911

Mary Phypers, 65, widow, boarding house keeper, b Bourn

Mary, 92, mother in law, b Long Stanton

Sidney Hale, boarder, 58, married, private means, b Berks

Margaret Emma Hale, married, boarder, private means, b London

Frances Matthew, boarder, 64, private means, b Cambs

Sarah Marie Priceless, 36, boarder, b Norfolk

Rebecca Carter, nurse, 64,  b Melbourn

Clara Ann Gill, cook, 26, b Cherry Hinton

Jessie Jacobs, parlourmaid, 28, b Yorks

Geneva Evelyn Mary Fuller, housemaid, 15, b Suffolk

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1913

Mrs Phypers, ‘Brooklyn’ boarding house

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1954

70 Regent Street — Co-operative Permanent Building Society, 1 January 1954
A building in Cambridge that probably started life as a private house has just been rejuvenated at a cost of several thousand pounds. Number 70 Regent Street will be remembered as the wholesale warehouse formerly used by Barwells, the tyre company. It is now the Co-operative Permanent Building Society, a luxurious block of offices with the latest in equipment and a full-length plate glass window, complete with neon sign. In the past Cambridge has been neglected by building societies. Until recently there was only one but there are now four more.
Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge REGENT STREET Scrapbook, entry 1954 01 01.

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1964

Provident Clothing, clothier

Co-operative Permanent Building Society

Crittall Manufacturing, metal windows