102 Mill Road, Mill Road Boot Stores, Cambridge

History of 102 Mill Road

There were two sets of 102 and 102a Mill Road in the 20th century, a block apart. See 102a.

c.1905

This is believed to have been the premises known as the Mill Ropad Boot Stores

30 December 1905
A fire was reported at the Mill Road Boot Stores. (Cross-reference to the fuller newspaper account published on 1 January 1906.) Credit: Mike Petty Archive.

1 January 1906
Fire gutted the Mill Road Boot Stores, adjoining St Barnabas Church, Cambridge. The flames rose to a great height and became so intense that some of the lead in the church windows melted. The shop was a single-storey wooden building and the large number of wooden packing cases stored at the rear increased the danger by creating a link to a nearby thatched cottage. A neighbouring stonemason’s yard was also seriously threatened before the fire was brought under control. Credit: Mike Petty Archive.

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1913

Parks and Co, fried fish shop

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1937

Singer Sewing machine Co

Claude P Nicholes, watchmaker

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1962

Forum Cleaners and Dyers Ltd

Charles Reeve
Claude P Nicholes, watchmaker

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1970

Achille-Serre Ltd, dyers and cleaners

Claude P Nicholes, watchmaker
Dennis Garner

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2007

In 2007 Cambridge Untold magazine interviewed many Mill Road people including Zarrar Arshad who owned the Sweet ‘n’ Spicy restaurant.