October 2019
Festival of Ideas: Miss Jebb revisits Mill Road
An entertaining evening of fact and fiction, drama and poetry as Eglantyne Jebb takes us for a walk down Mill Road, a place central to her theme and described in detail in her 1906 publication about social issues in Cambridge.
Find out more »November 2019
Talk: Changing landscapes in Romsey Town
John McGill talks about the history of the Magnet and Holland Motors sites - the first developed as an industrial cement works in a semi-rural landscape on the edge of the 19th century city of Cambridge, and now a new and beautiful Mosque; the second a garage re-developed as student housing. He explores the process and implications of physical and social transformation in Romsey Town, changing demographics and land values.
Find out more »December 2019
Mill Road History Walk with Cambridge Green Badge Guides
Saturday 7 December (day of Mill Road Winter Fair), 8.50am for a 9am start, meet at the Romsey R on Cavendish Road.
Find out more »Mill Road History at Mill Road Winter Fair
Talks, exhibitions of old photographs and maps, activities and refreshments. Use our street directories and databases to find out who lived in your house in the past.
Find out more »A Christmas Victorian Parlour Evening
An evening of music, songs and stories featuring musicians from the Cambridge Folk Club and other entertainers. Advance booking essential via www.millroadhistory.org.uk
Find out more »Mill Road History Walk with Cambridge Green Badge Guides
10.50am for 11am start, meet at the Mill Road end of Mortimer Rd.
Find out more »January 2020
Mill Road History Walk with Cambridge Green Badge Guides
10.50am for 11am start, meet at the Mill Road end of Mortimer Rd.
Find out more »Talk: Mackays – The History of a Local Store
Shop front 1920, courtesy of Duncan Mackay Duncan Mackay describes exciting projects and turbulent times for one of Cambridge’s favourite family businesses. The story starts in Scotland, via East Road, Cambridge and a deal with wheelwright firm Alsop & Sons in 1912, and reaches as far as Los Angeles. The firm has been involved in several major 20th century developments, including the early radio telescopes, all whilst continuing to supply its local market.
Find out more »February 2020
Talk: Courtship and Engagement in Victorian England
Maggie Kalenak will talk about love, courtship and engagement in nineteenth century England, considering sources such as love letters, diaries, etiquette manuals, periodicals, novels and the stories of individual couples. For middle-class Victorians finding a spouse was a highly ritualised and high-stakes process.
Find out more »March 2020
Talk: Town vs. gown – Social divides in Cambridgeshire antiquarian life
Mariel Rodriguez explores how the 1830s national revival of interest in antiquarianism and archaeology was initially dominated by the University in Cambridge, until residents like Frederick Leach and C. H. Evelyn White created their own advocacy spaces. By the 20th century the non-university antiquarian society was at the forefront of national preservation debates.
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