Thursday evening, April 11th, was another well attended meeting of the Local History Society to hear the evenings speaker, Doctor Martyn Thomas, a retired local General Practitioner,  give a talk about his research into the history of the Peterborough War Memorial Hospital and the involvement of a Doctor John Norton Collins in the funding and […]

The April meeting of Peterborough Local History Society is on Thursday 11th, at 7.30pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough PE3 9RF . Dr John Norton Collins and the Peterborough District Memorial Hospital By Dr Martyn Thomas This talk tells the story of the building of Peterborough’s first purpose-built hospital which […]

A Brief look at the History of Horrrell’s Dairies  Talk given by Marcus Horrell On Thursday evening March 14th at the Peterborough Local History Society meeting 60 people attended to hear the history of a well known local company that served the Peterborough residents for almost a century. If you didn’t use their products you […]