The April meeting of the Peterborough Local History Society was very well attended and we were delighted to welcome fourteen visitors! David Lowndes shared with us images from his vast portfolio, gathered during 48 years as a press photographer in the city. The photographs and the backstories that David recounted, gave a real glimpse of […]
Our April meeting will take place on Wednesday 20th April at 7.30 pm, at St Mark’s Church Hall, 82 Lincoln Road, Peterborough PE1 2SN. David Lowndes will be showing us images taken during his 48 years as a press photographer. A pictorial history of our city, over the latter part of the 20th and into […]
The March meeting of the History Society was quite a special event and was very well attended. Our speaker for the evening was none other than Professor Stephen Upex who is a leading authority on the Roman and early Saxon period in East Anglia. Professor Upex is a Tutor at Madingley Hall Cambridge, in addition, […]
March Meeting. Roman archaeology of the Nene valley by Professor Stephen Upex Thursday 10th March, 7.30 pm, St Mark’s Church Hall, 82 Lincoln Road, Peterborough PE1 2SN – Entrance fee £3 Professor Upex is a leading authority on the Roman and early Saxon periods in our area, having excavated, written about and researched it for […]
The High Sheriff of Northamptonshire, the Hon Mrs Amanda Lowther gave us an informative and entertaining talk on Thursday 10th February. She provided a real insight into the role of High Sheriff, an office which dates back to Saxon times, indeed, the oldest secular office in the United Kingdom after the Crown. The role has […]
January 13th and our first meeting of 2022. The meeting, now back in St Marks church hall, was well attended for such a dark damp evening. Several new members were welcomed. The topic for the evening was entitled ‘Stitched Memories: The Lady Drapers of Millfield’ Presented by Peter Wazak and Tilly Rose. Peter, a member […]
Our January meeting will take place this coming Thursday evening (13th January) at 7.30pm, at St Mark’s Church Hall, 82 Lincoln Road, Peterborough PE1 2SN. We are delighted to welcome Tilly Rose, who will be joining our own member, Peter Waszak in bringing us “Stitched Memories: The Lady Drapers of Millfield”. Peter is rightly proud […]
As we move forward to 2022 your Committee would like to wish all its members A Very Happy Healthy and Prosperous New Year.
December, dark, damp nights, cheered by the bright colourful Christmas lights, decorating homes along our evening route to the History Society’s Christmas meeting. Held back in our original venue, St Mark’s Church Hall, our Chairman, Trevor, opened the meeting with a few notices. The main one is a change of venue for meetings. From January […]
Thursday evening, November 11th was the 30th AGM of the Peterborough Local History Society. Held at our alternative venue, the St Andrew’s United Reformed Church in Netherton. The meeting was chaired by our Chairman Trevor Pearce supported by the Society secretary, Julie Nicholson and treasurer, Roger Dangerfield. The meeting went smoothly, with the retiring committee […]
