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The Stamford Canal
February 13th. another damp evening in a wet, stormy month. Post Storm Ciara and before Storm Denis was due to strike, and despite the weather, our meeting was well attended. Our speaker for the evening was Ken Otter and the subject was the Stamford Canal, the first post-Roman British canal.   The pre-railway system of transporting […]
The History of JW D’Arcy -Jewellers of Westgate
The January 2020 meeting of the Society was, despite the wet cold night, very well attended. Our Chairman, Trevor, as usual, introduced the meeting and gave preliminary information about the April charity meeting at the Cathedral. Posters and tickets for the event will be available next month. David D’Arcy, the present owner of the JW […]
2019 Christmas Social
The December Christmas Social meeting of the Society fell on a cold wet, Thursday evening. It was followed a  hectic day with the flurry of the Pre-Christmas sales and the all-important British Election Day. Attendance wasn’t as high as usual which was a little disappointing as the evening’s entertainment was a unique and quirky performance […]
November AGM
The November meeting is the month for the Society’s AGM. This was well attended and the Business part of the meeting went smoothly and the evenings’ speaker was introduced. Member, John Dewis, had researched and produced an interesting and informative talk about some of the influential but not so well known People born and associated with […]
Peterborough Bridges
At the well attended October meeting of the Society, Out speaker for the evening was Mr Brian Keegan, an ex-Civil Engineer who worked in Peterborough, the subject of his talk was about the Bridges of Peterborough. His interesting, comprehensive talk covered the origins, history, use and construction of bridges in the area. He began with a […]
Parks and Garden
September 12th. and the Local History Society convened it monthly meetings back in the Community hall of St Marks Church for the commencement of the winter program of meetings. W opened this seasons meeting  to a packed hall. The three Summer Historical outside visits have again been very successful and interesting. All were fully booked. […]
2019 Summer visit. An August Elton Village Walkabout
By Annette Martin. We arrived at Elton church on a beautiful summer evening to meet our host Jane Brown who gave us an interesting talk about the history of the church and Elton. The stained glass windows in the church are beautiful and very detailed – they were made by 4 of the most important glass […]
2019 Summer Visit to Huntingdon Town Hall and the Cromwell Museum
By Peter Clarkson. Huntingdon was the destination for the second outdoor visit of 2019 on our usual Thursday evening. The visit was hosted by Stuart Orme and commenced with a tour of Huntingdon Town Hall. We learnt that the town hall was rebuilt in the 18th century and replaced an earlier medieval building that was […]
A 2019 Summer Visit to The Peterborough School
By Peter Clarkson Peterborough Local History Society’s first outdoor visit of 2019 was made on the very unseasonal cool and soggy evening of 8th June to the Peterborough School formerly known as Westwood House School after the name of the building in which it was established.   However, the welcome that we received was […]
