Capturing Cambridge
  • search
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Junction of Trumpington and Silver Streets (MoC)

4 Silver Street

History of 4 Silver Street

1851

William Worner, 67, retired innkeeper, b Norfolk

1913

Haslop and Co, butchers

Mrs E Haslop

Haslop butchers was founded in Chesterton circa 1820.

1936, Blue Book

1962

Haslop and Co, butchers

1982

Haslop’s the butchers

Owned by Christopher Haslop Butler. His father, Albert Haslop Butler, recalled when his great aunt, Mrs Elizabeth Haslop, died in 1934: My father was made executor. He went to the bursar of St Catherine’s and sold the property to him for £1,600. we were given a 21 year lease on the shop.

1986

‘Still Life with Oranges’ by David Armitage. Exhibited at 4 Silver Street July 1988

Rebecca Sheldrick described when she and her business partner set up an art gallery at this address:

From what I can gather Haslop’s had been a university butcher since Victorian times.  We found huge bones in the drains – yuk – and invoices going back years and years in the loft space, which we opened up to form the gallery.  There is also a very grim cellar – I dread to think what happened down there!

‘Pause’ by Margaret Shields. Exhibited at 4 Silver Street June 1988

My business partner, Michael Bellingham, and I had met at Durham University and when we left we took advantage of the Graduate Enterprise Programme to set up a business.  The idea was to favour young unknown artists with monthly shows and pay for this by selling ‘quality’ gifts in the attached design shop.  It was all very 80s silver and black but also some local makers such as Alison Gautrey (ceramicist) and Neil Payne & Simon Hanna (silk designs) who are still going strong.  We did one show of Graham Sutherland lithographs through a contact in Cork Street but didn’t sell a single one.  Artists we showed who I know are still working are Jonathan Clarke (Way of Life sculpture in Ely Cathedral) and Anthony de Jong Cleyndert (frequently shows at Fire Engine House Ely and has stained glass in Ely Cathedral).

‘Sphinx’ by Nicola Kemp exhibited at 4 Silver Street April 1988

‘The White Swan’ by Lucy Lant. Exhibited at 4 Silver Street September 1988

Share this article

Share on Bluesky

Contribute

Do you have any information about the people or places in this article? If so, then please let us know using the Contact page or by emailing capturingcambridge@museumofcambridge.org.uk.

Licence

This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Dear Visitor,

Thank you for exploring historical Cambridgeshire! We hope you enjoy your visit and, if you do,  would consider making a donation today.

Capturing Cambridge makes accessible thousands of photos and memories of Cambridge and its surrounding villages and towns. It is run by the Museum of Cambridge which, though 90 years old, is one of the most poorly publicly funded local history museums in the UK. It receives no core funding from local or central government nor from the University of Cambridge.

As a result, we are facing a crisis; we have no financial cushion – unlike many other museums in Cambridge – and are facing the need to drastically cut back our operations which could affect our ability to continue to run and develop this groundbreaking local history website.

If Capturing Cambridge matters to you, then the survival of the Museum of the Cambridge should matter as well. If you won’t support the preservation of your heritage, no-one else will! Your support is critical.

If you love Capturing Cambridge, and you are able to, we’d appreciate your support.

Every donation makes a world of difference.

Thank you,
Roger Lilley, Chair of Trustees
Museum of Cambridge