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A large, blue metal sign shaped like a kettle with the words Little Kettle painted in red and white sits on a museum display.

70 Fitzroy Street

70 & 72 (23 & 24) Fitzroy Street, Cambridge

History of 70 & 72 Fitzroy Street

1913

(23) Mrs Mansfield

(24) Richard Fletcher, fish merchant


1937 (70 & 72)

(70) Frederick Charles Verlander, hardware dealer

(72) Frederick Charles Verlander, china and glass dealer


1939

F C Verlander, hardware shop


1962

Frederick Verlander, hardware dealer

This was later known as the Little Kettle and became the centre of the Kite Action Group. The actual Little Kettle Trade sign is now held by the Compton Verney Folk Art Collection.

Black and white view of a tall, narrow two-story building with a gable, a shopfront on the ground floor, and a hanging sign.

70 Fitzroy Street

A person with glasses wearing a light-coloured coat stands in front of shelves stocked with household goods and a metal kettle.

Mrs Verlander, 70 Fitzroy Street

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