Previous Meetings

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...

Who they were?  Why they settled there? What became of them? By local author and historian, Linda Ball Who were these evangelical preachers who arrived...

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...

The January 2024 meeting of the Peterborough Local History Society was, as usual, well attended. Our speaker for the evening was the Chairman of the...

By Julie Nicholson What a great end to the year for Peterborough Local History Society! Our December meeting certainly concluded the programme for 2023 with...

The  well attended November meeting of the Local History Society at St Andrews Church began with the society’s AGM. The formal meeting went swiftly and...

Thomas Clarkson Steam Bus Pioneer.  The October meeting of the Local History Society convened in St Andrew’s Church at 7.30pm and was well attended as...

After four successful summer visits in the wider community, September sees the society back at St Andrews United Reform Church in Netherton, Peterborough. The topic...

For our September meeting, we were promised a visual trip around our city, looking at places people have called home and that’s certainly what we...