Sidney Street / Petty Cury - 22 Petty Cury - 1930 by H S Johnson (Cambridgeshire Collection)71 Sidney Street / 22 Petty Cury
History of 71 Sidney Street
1841:
William Lyon, 25, chemist
Louisa, 20
James Hudd, 17, apprentice
Susan Plumb, 20, servant
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1851:
Henry Lyon, chemist master, 29, b Cambridge
Angelica, 28, b Kent
William Craswellen, assistant, 25, b Hants
John Dowaward, assistant, 21, b Lancs
Mary Rowlands, 24, servant.b Stapleford
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1861: (22 Petty Cury)
John Yeomans, chemist and druggist employing 1 man and 1 boy
Sarah Levett, housekeeper,
Serocold C Skeels, 21, lodger, student of Emmanuel College, b Chatteris
Herbert Mather, 20, lodger, scholar b Walton
Arthur S Mather, 18, lodger, attorney’s articled clerk, b Walton
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1871: (22 Petty Cury)
John Yeomans
Sarah Levett, servant
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1881: (22 Petty Cury)
John Yeomans, chemist employing 3 men and 2 boys,
Sarah Levett, 45, housekeeper,
Arthur A Goodall, 22, chemist, b Yorks
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1891: (22 Petty Cury)
John Yeomans, 53, chemist and dentist, b Leicestershire
Sarah Levett, 55, housekeeper, b Suffolk
John H Dressler, errand boy, 14, b Hildersham
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1901: (22 Petty Cury)
Horace S Beale, 32, chemist druggist, b Cambridge
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1913: (71 Sidney Street)
H S Beale (late Yeomans) chemist
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1938:
Turner and Sons, Petty Cury in 1938 during redevelopment for the new Boots chemist store (photo J Johnson)
In 1930 work started on a new shopping development which focussed on the enlarged Boots the chemist.
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1939: (22 Petty Cury)
Turner and Sons, opticians
Miss Dora Papworth, ladies’ hairdressers