January PLHS Meeting On a freezing cold January night, we welcomed Peter Larke to tell us about the Quakers in Peterborough 1660 – 2016. He took us from the very beginning when meetings, sometimes clandestine meetings, were held in various venues around the Peterborough area, to the 1930s when funds were raised to build the […]
Quakers in Peterborough 1660 – 2016 by Peter Larke Peter will be bringing us a video presentation relating the history of Quaker presence in Peterborough from 1660 to 2016 using such documentary evidence that he has found and been able to photograph clearly. Visitors are very welcome to attend, for a fee of £3.
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, […]
A Invitation to Cotterstock Village Hall TIM STUBBS IS BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND Tim returns to Cotterstock, bringing his new one man show “Reflections of Life – Part 2” to the village hall on Friday 27 September at 7.30 p.m. in order to raise money for Diabetes UK. Tim’s new show will tell more tales […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Brief look at the History of Horrrell’s Dairies Talk given by Marcus Horrell On Thursday evening March 14th at the Peterborough Local History Society meeting 60 people attended to hear the history of a well known local company that served the Peterborough residents for almost a century. If you didn’t use their products you […]
The March 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 . The story of Horrell’s Dairies – 1904 to 1993 By Marcus Horrell How the business evolved from selling the milk from the farm’s own cattle and the gradual […]
By Julie Nicholson Forty people braved the weather, on what was a really miserable, cold, wet evening, to hear the speaker at the February meeting of Peterborogh Local History Society. Local author, Linda Ball talked about The Mendicant Friars of Stamford. Who they were? Why they settled there? What became of them? She looked at […]
Great news, after a gap of three years our annual charity event is returning. Please support us and add the date to your diary. April 25th 2pm at St. Andrews United Reform Church. The Charity chosen to for this year is Little Miracles. A Charity that supports children and their families with life limiting conditions.
