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The Old English Gentleman public house with painted Greene King signage on its corner, seen from a quiet Fitzroy Street road.

Old English Gentleman, Fitzroy Street (MoC8.55.70.2)

Old English Gentleman, 120 Fitzroy Street, Cambridge

History of Old English Gentleman

1913

William Smith, Old English Gentleman

1913 03 14

The Old English Gentleman in Fitzroy Street adjoined Wesson’s Brewery and had been in the Wesson family for 70 years. The accommodation was good and the rooms were spacious, lofty and airy. It had a good bottle and jug department, a good bar, billiard room, smoke room, cellar and bedroom accommodation.

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


1937

The Old English Gentleman  PH, Charles A Smith


1939 Old English Gentleman


Fitzroy Street in 1964 with a pub sign for The Old English Gentleman on the left and cars parked along the narrow road.

Old English Gentleman, Fitzroy Street, 1964


Narrow street scene with a dark car driving away towards buildings, featuring the Old English Gentleman pub sign on the right.

120 Fitzroy Street, Old English Gentleman (MoC 49/69)

A corner pub on Fitzroy Street with a Greene King Old English Gentleman sign painted on the brick side wall near a car.

Old English Gentleman, Fitzroy Street (MoC8.55.70)

Sources

  • Mike Petty Archive

Tags

  • Public House

Projects

  • Fitzroy Street

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