July 12th. 2018 The Second Summer Visit. by Julie Nicholson. On a gloriously sunny evening in July, thirty-eight of our members enjoyed the second of the summer visits in our programme for 2018. We were the guests of Oundle School, kindly hosted by their archivist – Mrs Elspeth Langsdale, and a couple of her colleagues. […]
Our First Summer. June 14th 2018 Article and Photos by Julie Nicholson. Driving into the village of Langham, it became apparent that this was a place of historical interest. We gathered outside the church of St Peter and St Paul, where we were met by our hosts from the Langham Village History Group. A lovely […]
Thursday 14th June The first of three outside meetings. This evening is a Walk around Langham Village. is an historic Village 2 miles North West of Oakham on the A605. A notable inhabitants, Simon Langham, a 14th century Monk became Archbishop of Canterbury. The meeting is a ticketed event and  hosted by the Langham History […]
May 10th 2018 With the advent of the first light evening meeting of the year and the attendance was good. Our speaker for the evening was Mr Alan Peasgood Historian and archivist at St Marks. During the early 1800’s with the arrival of the railways Peterborough was a rapidly expanding City. Worship in the City […]
The 2018 Charity event was held  on April 25th in the beautifully restored historic Knights Chamber, part of the newly created Visitors and Learning centre in the Cathedral Precincts. Instead of the usual afternoon and evening performance we opted for just the one program in the afternoon.  The event was well attended and successful. […]
Another cold damp evening. The attendance was down a little which was a shame as this evenings talk was given by Bob Weston of Weston Homes. Weston Homes is the company building the super modern apartments on Fletton Quays as well as restoring and renovating The Gables on Thorpe Road, a short row of Victorian […]
New buildings from old. An exploration of the process of redeveloping historic buildings to modern Homes Formed in 1987, by Bob Weston, Weston Homes Plc  is a building firm, from Takerley Essex, with over 30 years experience of new builds and redeveloping historic and listed buildings into contemporary ultra modern apartments for 21 century living. […]
Good evening all. Our website is now back on line after an annoying Cyberattack I trust you are weathering this cold damp weather and keeping well. Our March meeting was as interesting as I had anticipated. It was yet another wet, cold winter night but it didn’t deterred the membership from attending the meeting. Mr. […]
Good Afternoon all. March has roared in with a snowy Artic blast. I hope you’re all keeping warm and safe. Our March meeting is in a few days time and I sincerely hope the weather improves to allow a good attendance. It promises to be an interesting meeting with Paul Goldsmith the Wadenhoe Trust Manager […]
It’s the second Thursday in the month once more and despite the dark cold evening the turnout for our meeting is good. A welcome was extended to several visitors and potential new members who had also joined the audience. All was set for an interesting talk from our evenings speaker, Mr Toby Wood, Vice Chairman […]
