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A large group of people in military uniform and civilian clothes gathered around tables for a meal in a room with a staircase.

YMCA, Alexandra Street Cambridge, Christmas 1942

Alexandra Street, Cambridge

History of Alexandra Street

Alexandra Street ran south east from Petty Cury to meet the junction of St Tibb’s Row and Post Office Terrace.

It was built on the site of the yard of the Red Hart Inn around 1872 when the old buildings were demolished.

A narrow cobblestone lane between old brick buildings with figures standing in doorways and on the path in the background.
Alexandra Street / Red Hart Yard 1866
Plan of properties on Petty Cury at the junction with St. Andrew’s Street (CUDL)
A newspaper clipping titled Pictures of the Past showing a large group of men in Victorian suits posing in a garden setting.
Cambridge Conservative Club photo supplied by A B Chater (MoC)
Printed advertisement showing a Victorian town house with a bay window, dormer windows, and text details about furnished flats.
1936, Blue Book

1960s

A narrow street framed by a shop window with people walking past bicycles parked along brick buildings on a sunny day.
Alexandra Street c 1960s (MoC 41/60)
A narrow, curving urban street lined with multi-story brick buildings, storefronts, and signs, with a barrow in the foreground.
Alexandra Street 1960s (MoC)

1970s

A 1971 black-and-white view of a brick-building street corner, showing closed shopfronts and a pavement junction.
Junction of St Tibb’s Row and Alexandra Street. YMCA to left and 14, 15 Alexandra Street ahead, 1971 (Peter Soar)
A cyclist travels down narrow Alexandra Street in 1971, flanked by tall brick buildings and a dark gated entrance on the right.
West on Alexandra Street from junction with St Tibb’s Row. YMCA and Telephone Company on the left, 1971 (Peter Soar)

Brick storefronts along a narrow street, including a shop with a sign reading Pussycat Boutique, under a bright sunny sky.
Alexandra Street, 1972 (MoC 131/72)
A view under a building bridge into Alexandra Street, with shop windows on either side and stone bollards at the street entrance.
Alexandra Street 1970 (MoC 207/70)
A narrow brick street with shopfronts including Pussycat Boutique, two pedestrians, and a car parked in the distance.
Alexandra Street (MoC 116/72)
A narrow street of brick buildings, including a large arched entrance with signs and a bicycle leaning against the wall.
Alexandra Street (MoC 117/72)
Narrow street lined with brick commercial buildings, with pedestrians walking along the road and signs for local businesses.
Alexandra Street 1970 (MoC 200/70)
A brick building on Alexandra Street features tall sash windows, decorative stone swags, and a small metal gate at street level.
National Telephone (MoC168/71)

 

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