56 (16) Fitzroy Street, Cambridge

History of 56 Fitzroy Street

1912 01 05

An Excise officer walked into Thomas Hardy’s sweet shop in Fitzroy Street at 10.30 one evening and bought a bottle of lemonade, which he drank on the premises. This rendered the shopkeeper liable to a penalty of £20 for ‘keeping a refreshment house without a licence’. It is perfectly legal to drink lemonade in the shop until ten at night and after five in the morning, but otherwise it is a serious offence. The magistrates dismissed the case. It will act as a warning to those who wish to oblige thirsty teetotallers after the mystic hour of ten. 12 01 05j & k

Credit: Mike Petty, Fitzroy Street Cambridge Scrapbook 1897 to 1990.

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1913 (16)

Thomas George Hardy, confectioner

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1937

James Wright, fired fish shop

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1939 –