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70 Fitzroy Street70 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.

70 Fitzroy Street

Mrs Verlander, 70 Fitzroy Street

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