70 Sidney Street Kittridge tobacconist & 69 Warrington butchers

70 Sidney Street

History of 70 Sidney Street

Ornate wooden architectural corbel carved into the shape of a female figure with a head covering, leaning against a wall.

Wooden statuette from unknown address in Sidney Street

The limited information about this figure, a woman with cloven feet (provenance tobacconist’s) might suggest the Deer Woman figure of Native America Mythology. Traditions say she can be controlled though chanting and use of tobacco. However, at the moment there seems to be little known about the use of such mythological imagery. The Museum of Cambridge would welcome further information. However, in 2024 a note was discovered suggesting that the statue was one of four which came from 17 Petty Cury in 1972.

Four ornate architectural brackets shaped as human figures with cloven feet, arranged side-by-side against a plain background.

17 Petty Cury (MoC)

1913

John Kittridge, tobacconist

A stone building façade on Sidney Street featuring a sushi restaurant and pharmacy at street level with parked bicycles.

1937

John Kittridge, tobacconist

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Sidney Street

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