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A multi-story brick building with a Jack Wills shopfront on Sidney Street, featuring a small balcony and a glass loft level.

18 – 19 Sidney Street

History of 18 - 19 Sidney Street

1861

(18)

James Martin, 61, tobacconist, b Surrey

Printed document advertisement for James Martin, a tobacconist on Sidney Street, featuring a quote from Shakespeare.

James Martin, Sidney Street

(19)

John Swan, 32, auctioneer and cabinet maker, b Cambridge

Street-level view of 22 Sidney Street with a group of people and a bicycle in front of the shop window on the pavement.

22 Sidney Street [G R Barnes] centre (MoC508/74)

A black and white street scene featuring a row of multi-story brick buildings with boarded shopfronts along a quiet road.

19 Sidney Street, 1903 (MoC93.72)

1962

W Heffer & Sons, stationers


Angled view of a framed print showing a woman in period dress holding a bowl above her head against a dark background.

Print obverse

A faded paper label reading W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, The Heffer Gallery, 18 & 19 Sidney Street, Cambridge, with handwritten text.

Label on reverse of print frame

Pictures kindly provided by MB 2023


An oil painting of a man in profile, wearing a brown jacket with a white collar, set against a plain mustard yellow background.

M H Heycock painted by fellow medical student A Livingston c 1954

The back of a framed object showing a brown backing board, a handwritten label, a hanging wire, and a W. Heffer & Sons label.

M H Heycock painted by fellow medical student A Livingston c 1954


2018

Jack Wills, clothes

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