11-12 Sidney Street (MoC519/55)

12 Sidney Street, Freeman’s Court, Bodger’s Passage, Cambridge

History of 12 Sidney Street

1851

Bodger and Co founded

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1861

Alfred Bodger, 33, hosier, b Cambridge

At some point Bodger took over 14 Sidney Street from Algernon James Pasco Osborne who had run a boot and shoe shop. No 14 became Bodger’s men’s shop. No 12 was the ladies’ clothes shop.

In 1861 there existed Freemans Court which may well have been the later Bodger’s Passage.

Freemans Court:

(1)

William Hales, 29, carpenter, b Cambridge

(2)

Charles Carlton, 48, brewer’s servant, b West Wratting

(3)

Henry Bovis, 32, painter and decorator, b Sussex

(4)

Charlotte Sarah Creeke, 66, domestic nurse, b London

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1913

A Bodger and Co, hosiers and glovers

Bodger’s passage between 11 and 12 Sidney Street housed stock rooms

1962 04 27

In 1851 Mr Alfred Bodger, ‘Hosier, Glover and Shirtmaker’, founded his gentlemen’s outfitting shop opposite Holy Trinity Church. As business grew he added a tailoring shop and in 1934 moved to the present site on the corner of Sidney Street and Green Street. In 1946 the ready-to-wear section was enlarged. More expansion followed in 1954 and now internal alterations are complete, allowing a full range of goods to be shown. But friendly and personal attention is always available. Advert. 62 04 27b

Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge Green Street Scrapbook.

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1936

W A Coad, draper, starts business here. Bodgers move to the opposite corner.

See Enid Porter:

Shopping

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Ladies Club: Miss K Stephen, president

Mrs P H Winfield, hon treasurer

Mrs Hingston Quiggin, Norfolk House, Hartington Grove, hon secretary

G Reynolds