Previous Meetings

  • Posted on 04/02/2023

    Del Singh, Peterborough’s Accidental Historian.

    • Meeting Date: 09/02/2023

    Our February meeting will take place on Thursday 9th, at 7.30pm. We’re delighted to welcome Del Sing, with “Magical History Tours of Peterborough”. Del, who...

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  • Posted on 11/02/2023

    Recollections of Millfield and New England during the 1970s by Del Singh

    • Meeting Date: 09/02/2023

    The February meeting of The Local History Society was well attended. Our Speaker, Deljit Singh, a Peterborian with Asian Sikh ancestry, is a locally well-known...

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  • Posted on 09/01/2023

    Staw and String in Whittlesey

    • Meeting Date: 12/01/2023

    Our January meeting will take place this coming Thursday evening (12th January) at 7.30 pm. We’re delighted to welcome Brian Kell, with “43 years of...

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  • Posted on 27/01/2023

    On Reviving the Staw Bear

    • Meeting Date: 12/01/2023

    The Whittlesea Festival of the Straw bear is enacted on the Tuesday after Plough Monday. The first Monday after Twelfth Night. There seems to be...

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  • Posted on 05/11/2022

    November, Farming Fenlands to Canadian Prairies

    • Meeting Date: 10/11/2022

    The November meeting of the Peterborough Local History Society is due to be held on Thursday,  November 10th. The evening will commence with our annual general...

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  • Posted on 16/11/2022

    The AGM and Peterborough to the Canadian Prairies.

    • Meeting Date: 10/11/2022

    Our Chairman, Trevor opened the 31st AGM of the Peterborough Local History Society by welcoming all the members attending and giving us a rundown of...

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  • Posted on 10/10/2022

    October Meeting

    • Meeting Date: 13/10/2022

    The History Society’s next meeting is on Thursday 13th October. The venue is the St Andrews United Reform Church. Ledbury Road, Netherton, Peterborough PE3 9RF...

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  • Posted on 26/10/2022

    Spalding, a Brief Historical Tour

    • Meeting Date: 13/10/2022

    Spalding, Land of My Birth. Thursday evening October 13th saw the meeting of the Local History Society comfortably installed for the second meeting in their...

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  • Posted on 17/09/2022

    Autumn and a New Venue

    • Meeting Date: 08/09/2022

    Marholm Meanderings by Bella Craven.  On Thursday evening the 8th September the Society met in their new permanent location of St Andrews Reform Church in...

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