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A framed, circular bronze sign featuring three shields and heraldic motifs, surrounded by the company name in embossed lettering.

Essex and Suffolk Insurance Company 1920 – 1969, 61 Sidney Street (MoC)

61 – 62 Sidney Street

History of 62 Sidney Street

1856

John Windridge, hat manufacturer

[In 1851 John Windridge was a hatter and brewer in Downing Terrace]

[In 1861 census John Windridge was a publican living at 34 Hills Road]


1861 (62)

Charles E Brown, alderman and magistrate


1862 (62)

Charles E Brown, alderman and magistrate, b Cambridge

Elizabeth


1871 (61 & 62)

Charles E Brown, 65, savings bank, b Cambridge

Elizabeth, 60, b Bucks


1937 (62)

Oxford and Cambridge Schools Exam Board

Essex and Suffolk Equitable Ins

Street view of three-story brick buildings with shopfronts on Sidney Street, featuring several pedestrians on the pavement.

62 – 64 Sidney Street, 1958 (MoC266/70)


1958

An elevated view of Sidney Street showing a large three-story stone corner building beside a curved roof structure and trees.

62 – 64 Sidney Street, 1958 (MoC)


1962 (62)

Royal Exchange Assurance

Essex and Suffolk Insurance

Lewis and Marshall surveyors


1969

Stone-fronted shops with gabled roofs on Sidney Street, featuring Wallis and Boots signage and mannequins in the display window.

62 – 67 Sidney Street, 1969 (MoC)


1970

(62) Royal Exchange Assurance Group

(62) Wallis and Co, costumiers

(65-67) Boots the Chemists Ltd

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