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A two-story building with a curved corner, painted dusky pink, featuring a Hardys sweetshop and a Swaine Adeney Brigg storefront.

16 St Johns Street, Cambridge

17, St John’s Street, Cambridge

History of 17 St John's Street

1911

William Henry Nichols, 51, college servant, b Hants

Sarah Elizabeth, 49, b Bradford

Gwladys, 20, governess, b Ely

Geoffrey, 14, b Cambridge

1913

Mrs Nichols, lodging house keeper

A large crowd gathers on St John's Street with a person on horseback leading, carrying a banner and passing commercial shops.

Women’s Suffrage procession, July 1913, St John’s Street

1962

Mrs P Lawrence, hairdresser

Miss V A Siggers

1964

St John's Street with a cyclist, parked cars, a car driving down the road, and the Eastern Electrical Co on the corner.

17 St John’s Street, 1964

 

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