Thursday night despite the fears over the Corona Virus the meeting was well attended once again. Our speaker for the evening was Doctor Colin Prosser the Principal Geologist for Natural England. His subject was the building materials used in building the City and surrounding area. The Buildings of Peterborough City and the surrounding villages until […]
Illustrated talks by Peterborough Local History Society. (supporting Peterborough Cathedral) The Knights’ Chamber, Peterborough Cathedral 2 pm Wednesday 29th April 2020 An event in 2 parts: “Royal Peterborough” – guest speaker, Stuart Orme An entertaining look at the history of Royal […]
Hello, Peterborough Local History Buffs. The Society now has progressed to a page on Social Media To find us on Facebook go to – Peterborough Local History Society@discoveringlocalhistory
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
