On the evening of Wednesday, the 16 September members of the Local History Society were treated to an unusual Lockdown meeting. Since March our meetings have had to be postponed as was the September meeting. Our Chairman, Trevor and Secretary Julie worked hard researching and writing an article each month on a Peterborough related history […]
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 […]
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. […]
At our May meeting on May 9th, Tom Grimes, the newly installed President of the Spalding Gentleman’s Society gave the meeting a fascinating insight into this ancient Spalding Society. Its conception began 300 years ago, when, in 1710 a Spalding born London Lawyer, Maurice Johnson, of Ayscoughfee Hall in Spalding, invited a group of eminent […]
April 11th 2019 Another full Hall for the April meeting. Tonight, Martyn Smith was our speaker, his subject, The Huntingdon Cycle Battalion. Martyn has researched, in depth, the formation and the history of this local World War 1 Battalion. His talk was a fascinating insight into the lives, action and often injury and death of […]
 Februarys meeting on a relatively mild night for the time of the year was again well attended. Our speaker for the evening was Michael Lee an enthusiastic Campanologist and an amateur Horologist who has researched and written about the 18th century Bell maker Henry Penn.  Michael gave us, through a film made by him, […]
Wishing all our members a very Happy New Year and welcome to the first Local History Society meeting report of the year. The meeting for January was well attended with a full hall and several potential new members were welcomed. There were a few notices to be announced before the evening’s speaker was announced. Our […]
After a series of successful alfresco meeting, in wonderful  Summer weather, our monthly meetings for the Autumn and Winter back in the St Marks Church Hall have continued to be blessed with reasonable seasonal weather, so have been well attended. Our December 13th Social event was no exception. After the Notices were quickly dealt with by Our […]
Once more our members gathered in the St Marks Church Hall for our November meeting and AGM. Despite the cold chill in the night air, the attendance was high. The business part of the meeting went well without any problems  Our Chairman, Trevor, gave his annual report, praising the excellent speakers at the meetings […]
