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Black and white view of Sidney Street showing multi-story brick buildings with Grays sports shops at street level.

37 – 41 Sidney Street (MoC)

39 – 40 Sidney Street

History of 39 - 40 Sidney Street

1861

(39, 40 H & shops)

Elijah Watts, 53, whitesmith, b Cambridge

Mary, 50, laundress, b Cambridge

Elizabeth Sharman, 22, servant, laundress, b Cambridge

1962

(37 – 38) Eaden Lilley

A man in a suit walks past the Eaden Lilley store front with large display windows beneath a brick building on Sidney Street.

Eaden Lilley, 38 Sidney Street, 1968 (MoC185.68)

1970

(37 – 41) Grays of Cambridge

A row of brick commercial buildings on Sidney Street with Grays shop signage above the glass-fronted ground floor windows.

Grays, Sidney Street (MoC37/160/69)

 

A row of brick commercial buildings on Sidney Street with Grays shop signage above the glass-fronted ground floor windows.A street view of Victorian brick buildings housing shops with bicycle racks on the pavement and pedestrians walking by.

 

 

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