Spring Brewery c. 1900
14 -16 Chesterton Road, Spring Brewery, Tivoli Cinema
History of 14 Chesterton Road
The brewery was founded about 1855 by James Dyson.
1880 sold to C Preston.
The owner of the Spring brewery which predated the Tivoli cinema was James McCallan Preston. He sold it to the brewer E Lacon in 1898 for £38,000.
1900
Spring Brewery circa 1900
1925
Most of the brewery buildings were demolished and the Tivoli Cinema, Cambridge’s second purpose built cinema, built in 1925. The architect was George P Banyard. The lower end of the cinema was reputed to flood when the river level was high.
The Tivoli, Chesterton Road
Tivoli cinema 1926 (Cambs Collection)
The photo shows the advert for “The Desert Flower” with Colleen Moore. The Tivoli Cafe is next door.
Tivoli and the Boathouse
1936, Blue Book
1939-1945
The Little Theatre, Chesterton Road was HQ ‘D’ Coy 5 Cambs Bn
1956
The Tivoli closed in 1956 and after a period as a warehouse became the The Exchange restaurant and health club.
14 and 14a Chesterton Road
1962
The New Spring public house
(14a) Arthur Conder, hairdresser
14 and 14a Chesterton Road
(16) Flinders (Wholesale) Electrical Retailers
1963
Tivoli Cinema in 1963, Flinders electrical wholesaler. Subsequently converted into fitness centre and then a pub.
There was a major fire at the premises in 2015.
Information about the restoration can be found here:
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/36849
Projects
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@
Licence
This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
not including content on external links as indicated by
.