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Peterborough’s First Lady Mayor

Peterborough’s First Lady Mayor

Lily Violet Bryant 1882-1965 The Society’s AGM meeting took place on Thursday November 14th, followed by a talk from one of our society members Dr. Sadie McMullen entitled ‘Peterborough’s First Lady Mayor’.  Trevor, the Society’s Chairman, welcomed the audience and commenced with the AGM business. Trevor was unanimously re-elected as Chairman and Annette Matin was […]

November meeting and AGM

November meeting and AGM

The November meeting of Peterborough Local History Society is on Thursday 14th, at 7.30pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough PE3 9RF .  Society member Dr Sadie McMullon, with “Lily Bryant – Peterborough’s First Lady Mayor”. Lily Violet Bryant had two firsts to her name, she was Peterborough’s first female councillor, […]

September Meeting

September Meeting

Our next meeting will take place on Thursday 10th October at 7.30pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough PE3 9RF. The Very Revd Chris Dalliston, Dean of Peterborough, will be speaking on “A New Chapter – Dean’s Cathedrals and the Future”. The Cathedral is such a well-loved historic building, that’s stood […]

Capturing Peterborough’s Street Life.

Capturing Peterborough’s Street Life.

The members at the Septembers meeting of the Peterborough Local History Society welcomed Chris Porsz  the ‘Paramedic Paparazzo’ once more. The last time Chris was welcomed to the Society meeting was during Covid 19 Pandemic  and  then it had to be a Zoom meeting. This time we were meeting in the warmth of the St […]

Next Meeting September 15th

Next Meeting September 15th

Our next meeting will take place on Thursday 12th September at 7.30pm, at St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough PE3 9RF. Chris Porsz – “Paramedic Paparazzo”. To many of you, Chris will need no introduction.  A Peterborian Paramedic, turned street photographer, Chris will share from his vast collection of images and recount […]

“Awful Harvest Week of Rain and Flood’

“Awful Harvest Week of Rain and Flood’ “Streams became raging torrents, Roads became rivers and the sheaves of corn were washed from the fields.”

By Julie Nicholson The evening of Thursday 9th May was a fine and dry one. Indeed, as the fifty-one members and guests of Peterborough Local History Society left St Andrew’s Church, Netherton, at the end of the meeting, their journey home was illuminated by a beautiful sunset.   This was all in stark contrast to […]

Charity Event 2024

Charity Event 2024

The pandemic caused us to cancel our annual charity event in 2020, just weeks before it was due to take place. We decided that the time was now right to reinstate it and are delighted to be supporting Little Miracles, a local charity doing tremendous work with children with a disability or life-limiting condition. The […]

The Peterborough War Memorial Hospital.

The Peterborough War Memorial Hospital.

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 […]

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