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58 - 59 Sidney Street (British Library)57, 58, 59, 60 Sidney Street, Joshua Taylor & Co
History of 57 - 60 Sidney Street
c 1830
Mr Beechino, grocer
1840s
(59) George A Shippey, furnishing ironmonger and brazier
George was related to William Shippey, iron founder
1851
(60) Henry Taylor, 25, tailor clothier, b Cambridge
Mary Taylor, 23, b Chesterton
(59) George Shippey, ironmonger, b Cambridge
Ann, 34, b Bedford
George, 12, b Cambridge
Susanna, 8, b Cambridge
Alfred Vining, apprentice, 20, ironmonger, b Somerset
Adelaide Barker, 18, cook, b Cambs
Mary Ann Rose, 15, servant, b Cambs
In 1860 the business moved to 52 Sidney Street
(58) Thomas Hennesy, 52, innkeeper, b Hunts
Francis, 52, b Bedford
Fanny, 23, b Hunts
Emma, 21, b Hunts
Elizabeth, 19, b Hunts
Harriett Hopwood, 20, servant, b Essex
William Reynolds, 16, errand boy, b Essex
(57) Thomas Bond, 71, grocer, b Hardwick
Elizabeth, 60, b Royston
Anne Crow Bond, daughter, 35, b Cambridge
Alfred Bryan, 26, assistant grocer, b Leics
Benjamin Thomas, 24, assistant grocer, b Wales
Sarah Parsons, 26, servant, b Sawston
Joshua Taylor Sidney Street
1861
(57)
Alfred Bryan, 36, grocer, b Leics
(58)
James Webb, 39, coffee and eating house keeper, b Carlton
(59)
Henry Taylor, 37, tailor and clothier, b Cambridge
(60)
William Bartleman, 29, clicker, b London
1891
The relationship that developed between Ranjitsinhji, the great cricketer Indian prince, and Mary Holmes is recorded here:
https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/ranji-his-love-life-and-letters/215905
He rented a whole train to take his love Mary Holmes (also called Madge and Poly) to London for a holiday in the 1890s even as he was deeply in debt owing money to his tailor, bartender, grocer, newsagent and restauranteur. It all started when Ranji was cycling past Bond and Holmes (established 1874) their huge grocery store on Cambridge’s 57 Sidney Street, when the two sisters Mary and Minnie saw the Indian prince for the first time. Finding him extremely attractive they dropped their handkerchief for Ranji to pick up. Once he picked it up, the journey had begun. The next stop was the Holmes house above their store. The 18 year old Ranji soon became a regular. Only after a few months he started calling Mr. and Mrs. Holmes mother and father.
c1900
A Henderson of 58 Sidney Street was agent for Fosters Goods and Parcel Express based at 58 Sidney Street.
A Henderson, 58 Sidney Street, agent for Fosters Goods and Parcel Express c.1900
Joshua Taylor, 1916, Cambridge Magazone
1962
Joshua Taylor, department store
2018
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Superdrug, chemists
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