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SUMMARY:Cambridge per diem: a daily chronicle of Cambridge connections
DESCRIPTION:What’s special about the 11th March? Come along to Mill Road History Society’s special pre-Festival talk from Rosie Zanders and discover the unexpected connections between Cambridge events on that date. \n\n\n\nRosie Zanders\, a local Blue Badge tourist guide for many years\, takes a quirky look into Cambridge time and some of the remarkable characters who have travelled through it. She will be focusing specifically on 11th March\, uncovering some unexpected connections between today’s anniversaries\, blurring\, intertwining and sometimes sharpening boundaries between workers and academics\, town and gown. The catalyst for the talk was Rosie’s 2021 book ‘Cambridge per diem’\, which contains a collection of Cambridge-related anniversaries\, at least one for every day of the calendar year. \n\n\n\nRosie has spent over 40 years working in the tourist industry\, most of the time as a Blue Badge guide in Cambridge\, holding various roles within the Society of Cambridge Tourist Guides whilst co-running a small business called Cambridge Tailor-Made Tours. When tourism ground to a halt in 2020 she decided to revamp and rewrite her 2011 book Cambridge Book of Days\, adding 300 photographs and an extensive index. She now enjoys giving regular talks based on the book\, along with volunteer work at the Museum of Cambridge and as much travelling as she can fit in between! \n\n\n\nThis take takes place at Ross Street Community Centre\, a fully accessible venue\, and is open to all. Doors open at 7pm and the talk starts at 7:30pm.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/cambridge-per-diem/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Cambridge’s Original Green Belt: Our Urban Commons
DESCRIPTION:What exactly is a common and how have these areas featured in the growth and development of Cambridge? This talk by Gerald Smith will examine how these open spaces were used over the centuries and the way their appearance was influenced not only by the underlying topography but also by diverse groups of townspeople – including sheriffs\, nuns\, monarchs\, millers\, hermits\, zealots\, scientists\, academics\, merchants and sporting types. \n\n\n\nIn recent years Gerald has studied at undergraduate level with the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Continuing Education\, covering topics such as Local History\, Medieval Studies\, Landscape History and Historic Building Conservation. He qualified as a Cambridge Green Badge Guide in 2016. He takes delight in helping local residents appreciate our City and has led walking tours for U3AC\, CALL\, and Open Cambridge. This talk originated as a cycling tour\, so please feel free to watch whilst pedalling an exercise bike! \n\n\n\nThis talk will take place over Zoom. The link will be sent out to the Mailing List a day before. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe talk is now available on YouTube or you can watch it here.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/cambridges-original-green-belt-our-urban-commons/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250114T193000
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SUMMARY:Newnham and Bletchley Park: Women's Work in World War II
DESCRIPTION:Image (c) Newnham College Archives\n\n\n\nAn exhibition unveiled earlier this year revealed the hidden stories of a large number of women from Newnham College\, Cambridge\, who were quietly recruited for secret work at Bletchley Park in World War II. In this talk Dr Sally Waugh\, one of the three curators of the exhibition\, will discuss how research identified the women involved\, describe some of the women and the work that they did\, and consider the impact on the private lives of this group of previously unrecognised women. \n\n\n\nDr Sally Waugh\, a Newnham alumna\, designs tailor-made programmes for learning mathematics. Sally has worked for many years alongside the Isaac Physics STEM education project which operates from The Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge. \n\n\n\nThis event takes place on Zoom. The link to join will be sent to our mailing list the day before the talk. \n\n\n\nNote that\, unlike many of our talks\, this will only be available live on Zoom on the night. It won’t be streamed elsewhere and won’t be available on YouTube after the event.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/newnham-women-at-bletchley-park/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241210T210000
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SUMMARY:The Spinning House
DESCRIPTION:The Spinning House is the untold story of how Cambridge University locked up women in their prison – and how the town fought to free them. \n\n\n\nCaroline Biggs will be talking about her new book\, The Spinning House\, which exposes how the University of Cambridge once imprisoned women suspected of ‘evil.’ Mistakes were made\, violence and legal action from the townspeople followed until finally an Act of Parliament was passed to put an end to the jurisdiction of the university over the women of Cambridge. \n\n\n\nCaroline grew up in and around Cambridge. She was a former Trustee of The Museum of Cambridge\, where she organised the History Festival to address the massive imbalance between historical knowledge about the ‘town’ as opposed to the ‘gown.’ She has studied Creative Non-Fiction at Cambridge University and has an MA in Creative Non-Fiction from UEA. \n\n\n\nYou can find out more from her blog The Real Cambridge at https://therealcambridge.com/. \n\n\n\nThis talk takes place at Ross Street Community Centre and is open to all\, admission £3. Doors open at 7pm and the talk starts at 7:30pm. Ross Street is a fully accessible venue. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can now watch the recording of the talk here or on our YouTube channel.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/the-spinning-house/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Made by Labour: A Material and Visual History of British Labour
DESCRIPTION:Nick Mansfield brings us a new talk\, based around his 2023 book Made By Labour\, that tells the story of the British labour movement from an unusual viewpoint. \n\n\n\nThe book is described as “the first full-length study of the material and visual culture of the British labour movement in almost half a century. It draws together the fruits of recent research into a comprehensive material and visual analysis of the nineteenth-century labour movement’s development. It analyses the meaning of ‘labour things’\, the role they played in the lives of working people and the ways they have influenced the writing of labour history. Over ninety beautifully illustrated\, expertly contextualised objects are used to narrate the history of British labour in its most crucial phase of development. Chapters on curation and preservation\, a directory of museums where labour things may be seen\, and a full bibliography complete the treatment of this important and rapidly developing field\, making the book not just essential academic reading but a handbook for anyone who wishes to explore this vital part of our shared culture.” \n\n\n\nMade by Labour: A Material and Visual History of British Labour\, c. 1780-1924\, co-authored with Martin Wright\, is published by University of Wales Press\, 2023. \n\n\n\nNick Mansfield was born and brought up in Sturton Street in the 1950s. He is now Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston and has worked in museums for 30 years\, latterly as Director of the People’s History Museum in Manchester. His previous talks for Mill Road History Society were Buildings of the Labour Movement and Objects from 22 Ainsworth St – the working class world of the Crouch family. \n\n\n\nThis talk takes place at Ross Street Community Centre and is open to all\, admission £3. Doors open 7pm\, the talk will start at 7:30pm\, tea and biscuits provided. Fully accessible venue.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/made-by-labour-a-material-and-visual-history-of-british-labour-c-1780-1924/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241008T210000
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SUMMARY:A Woman's Business: the enterprising Louisa Greef (1829-1913) and others
DESCRIPTION:Note: this talk is no longer happening at Ross St Community Centre but will be held on Zoom. \n\n\n\nOur October event is from Ann Kennedy Smith\, who previously talked to us about photographer Lettice Ramsay\, and is on another successful\, but largely forgotten\, Cambridge business woman\, Louisa Greef. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“As part of my research into F. R. Leach’s college and domestic decorating business in 1880s Cambridge a few years ago\, I stumbled across a reference in the Newnham College archives to ‘L. Greef\, painter’ and at first assumed it referred to a man. Then I discovered that\, after inheriting her husband’s established business in plumbing and glazing for the colleges\, Louisa Greef expanded the company and took it in new directions\, to become ‘L.Greef\, Plumber\, Glazier\, Plain & Decorative Painter and Paperhanger’.  \n\n\n\n“It is hard to find data on the number of women who oversaw traditionally male businesses in Victorian Britain. In this talk I will tell Louisa’s story in the context of other women’s decorating businesses\, including Mrs Pratt of All Saint’s Passage. If you know of other Cambridge businesswomen from this period (1870s-1910) I hope you’ll come along and share your information with me.” \n\n\n\nDr Ann Kennedy Smith is a freelance writer\, researcher and critic. She writes about 19th-20th century Cambridge women in her blog\, Cambridge Ladies’ Dining Society: https://akennedysmith.substack.com/ \n\n\n\nThis talk will take place on Zoom. Please sign up to our Mailing List to receive the link so that you can join the talk. It will also be available on our Youtube channel after the talk. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can view the talk on YouTube or below.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/a-womans-business/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240910T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240910T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
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SUMMARY:Frederick Leach: A Well-connected and Much-travelled Cambridge Artworkman
DESCRIPTION:For Open Cambridge 2024 we bring you a talk from Dr Shelley Lockwood who will introduce you to the life and the beautiful and extensive work of Mr Leach of City Road. \n\n\n\nFrederick Leach set up his firm of Artworkers at workshops in City Road in Cambridge in 1862. Over the next 40 years he travelled frequently by train and sometimes by steamship to estimate for\, carry out and supervise decorative work in very many churches and grand houses all over the country\, from Dundee to the Isle of Wight. From those workshops in Cambridge he also sent out small groups of workers – decorative artists\, carvers\, masons and joiners – with their tools and materials to stay at lodgings close to where they would be working. He communicated constantly with clients\, workers\, suppliers and family members by letter or postcard. These practical networks of an increasingly extensive and efficient postal service and railway system enabled him to run and develop his business\, to be able to respond to demand wherever that was in the country and to work for some of the most prestigious names in architecture\, design and the decorative arts – G F Bodley\, C E Kempe\, G G Scott Jr\, Philip Webb and William Morris. \n\n\n\nDr Shelley Lockwood is a freelance public historian and author of Frederick Leach: A Cambridge Artworkman (Casita Press in association with David Parr House\, 2021). \n\n\n\nThis talk is open to all and is free. Doors open at 7pm and the talk starts at 7:30pm. There is no advanced booking so please arrive early to be sure to get in. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe recording of the talk can be watched below.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/open-cambridge/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240719T210000
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SUMMARY:An Industrial History of Mill Road and its Environs
DESCRIPTION:For our second event this month we have a talk and discussion about the industrial heritage of Mill Road and its influence on the community today led by Kieran Gleave. \n\n\n\nBeyond the idyllic lawns\, chapels and dining halls of the Colleges\, Cambridge (to the surprise of many today) has always been a hub of industrial activity. Prior to the first industrial revolution\, windmills\, iron foundries\, breweries\, paper mills and other ancillary forms of proto-industrial production were present in the area. With the coming of the railway in 1845\, this hotbed was greatly diversified to include scientific instrument manufacturing\, advanced ironworking\, coprolite mining and processing\, cement production and brickmaking. In the second half of the nineteenth century\, a significant portion of Cambridge’s industrial activity shifted east from central Cambridge toward Mill Road. This shift saw the emergence of a diverse range of local industries\, from the heavy manufacturers of the Headly and Cam Foundries to smaller-scale domestic laundering and smithing. In this talk\, we explore how industrialisation shaped the physical and social landscape of this distinct area of Cambridge which\, as the late Allan Brigham put it\, was “closer in spirit to a mining community than to the traditional university market town of which it was a part”. \n\n\n\nIn the second half of the session\, we move from the industrial past of Mill Road to the present day. In this 45 minute workshop\, we open up the floor to the audience and invite you to discuss whether the industrial past of Mill Road creates or upholds a sense of place or community today.  \n\n\n\nKieran Gleave is a second-year PhD student at the Department of Archaeology\, University of Cambridge and is a Trustee at the Cambridge Museum of Technology. His research explores how the ‘everyday’ traces of the industrial past inspire what it means to belong to a community from the Mill Road area. \n\n\n\nThis talk and workshop is free and is open to everyone. Doors open at 6:45pm\, the talk will start at 7pm\, fully accessible venue.  \n\n\n\nDoors open (18:45)Talk (19:00 – 20:00)Refreshment break and questions (20:00 – 20:15)Workshop (20:15 – 21:00) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can watch the recording of the main talk here on or on our YouTube channel. \n\n\n\nYou can download the list of sources as a PDF from https://millroadhistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Industrial-History-Sources.pdf
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/an-industrial-history-of-mill-road-and-its-environs/
LOCATION:Mill Road Community Centre\, 6 Hazell Street\, Cambridge\, Cambs\, CB1 2GN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240709T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240709T210000
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SUMMARY:‘Temples worthy of His Presence’? Churches and Chapels in East Anglia from the Reformation to the present day
DESCRIPTION:In this illustrated talk\, Tony Kirby will explore how places of worship in Cambridgeshire and the surrounding counties have changed from the 16th century onwards to reflect trends in what was considered ‘right’ in the context of their age\, from Puritan iconoclasm through the emergence of ‘Dissent’ in the 18th century\, the Evangelical Revival\, the Oxford Movement (and its Cambridge equivalent) and the self-confidence of Victorian Nonconformity to the challenges faced by the churches of all denominations today. Some of the places he will talk about will be very familiar\, but others hopefully less so! \n\n\n\nTony Kirby was\, before retirement\, Co-ordinator of Strategic and Curriculum Planning at Anglia Ruskin University. He is Acting Co-President of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society\, Programme Secretary for the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History\, was co-compiler (with Elizabeth Baigent) of the 2024 ‘Historical Map of Cambridge’\, published by the Historic Towns Trust\, and contributed a chapter on ‘The Physical Setting of Worship’ to Ken Sneath (ed) Religious Reformations in Huntingdonshire (2023). \n\n\n\nThis talk is open to everyone. Doors open at 7pm\, the talk will start at 7:30pm\, fully accessible venue. Admission by a suggested donation of £3 – note we can now take cardless payments. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can watch the recording of the talk here or on our YouTube channel.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/temples-worthy-of-his-presence-churches-and-chapels-in-east-anglia-since-the-reformation/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240611T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240611T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
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SUMMARY:The Darwin Family in Cambridge: a Special City Trail
DESCRIPTION:The story of Charles Darwin’s family\, from his paternal grandfather to his children and grandchildren\, runs through the City of Cambridge like the Granta-Cam itself. This specially-planned ‘Darwin Trail’ from Emeritus Professor Philip Stott aims to introduce you to a fascinating family history\, while hopefully also providing a scientific adventure\, taking in cemeteries\, colleges\, plaques\, museums\, libraries\, the Botanic Garden\, and other famous locations. \n\n\n\nFully illustrated\, the talk will explain how the ‘Trail’ works\, mentioning all the key Cambridge members of the Darwin family\, including Charles himself\, along with his famous grandfather\, Erasmus; his elder brother\, Erasmus Alvey; his wife\, Emma; his equally-important sons\, Sir George\, Sir Francis\, and Sir Horace\, and their families\, especially Charles’ granddaughters\, Gwen\, Margaret\, and Frances. The talk will give tips on how best to follow the ‘Trail’\, and will provide practical suggestions on travel and accessibility. It will also indicate materials which members may wish to follow up online. \n\n\n\nPhilip is Emeritus Professor of Biogeography in the University of London (SOAS)\, where he was both a Head of Department and a Dean. He now lives in Cambridge with his historian wife and near to their elder daughter\, a fellow at Churchill. He is currently the Chair of the University of the Third Age in Cambridge (the U3AC). He is also a composer\, with a long-time interest in Early Music\, having conducted an Early Music Consort\, ‘Pifaresca’\, for Kent Music School. Until recently\, he wrote a regular column for ‘The Countryman’ magazine. Being a biogeographer\, with a deep interest in the world distribution of plants and animals\, Charles Darwin has always been central to his thought\, and Philip is increasingly frustrated that Cambridge still fails to offer a city-wide ‘Darwin Trail’ for its many visitors. \n\n\n\nNote this is a talk about the Darwin family and the Trail at Ross Street Community Centre – it is not a guided walk. \n\n\n\nThis talk is open to everyone. Doors open at 7pm\, the talk will start at 7:30pm\, fully accessible venue. Admission by a suggested donation of £3 – note we can now take cardless payments. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can now download the Trail PDF described in the talk. \n\n\n\nThe trail locations can be seen on Capturing Cambridge.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/the-darwin-family-in-cambridge-a-special-summer-city-trail/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240514T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240514T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
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SUMMARY:AGM & Talk: A Summer School of their Own - The Newnham College Summer Schools for Working Women
DESCRIPTION:Between 1922 and 1950 Newnham College and the Workers’ Educational Association ran a pioneering series of residential summer schools specifically to meet the educational needs of working women. Organised largely by women for other women\, these remarkable schools were inter-generational\, inclusive and non-hierarchial. Mary Joannou’s richly illustrated presentation draws on the voices\, reports\, letters and personal testimonies of the  factory workers\, domestic servants and seamstresses who attended\, many of whom came from the ‘distressed areas’ of the country\, as well as the recollections of their teachers. The talk pieces together a fascinating story of women’s creativity\, aspirations and determination to expand their own  educational horizons using materials from the college archives by kind permission of the Principal and Fellows. \n\n\n\nMary Joannou loves finding out more about women’s lives\, literature and history and is Emerita Professor at Anglia Ruskin University attached to the Labour History Research Unit. She was the founder and key organiser of CAMVOTE 100 and involved in securing Blue Plaques in Cambridge to commemorate the lives of Millicent Garrett Fawcett\, Clara Rackham and Leah  Manning. Her biography\, The Life and Turbulent Times of Clara Dorothea Rackham\, Suffragist\, Socialist and Social Reformer was published by Routledge in 2022.  \n\n\n\nThis talk will take place in Ross Street Community Centre\, a fully accessible venue\, and is open to everyone\, with a suggested donation of £3. Note we can now take cardless payments.  \n\n\n\nIt will be preceded by a short Annual General Meeting of the society. \n\n\n\n7pm: Doors Open 7:30pm: AGM7:45pm: Talk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere is no recording of the talk however much of the content can be found in pages 4 to 13 of Women’s History Today\, Spring 2023. \n\n\n\nWomens-History-Today-Spring-2023Download
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/agm-talk-a-summer-school-of-their-own-the-newnham-college-summer-schools-for-working-women/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Around the world with Richarda Morrow-Tait
DESCRIPTION:2024 is the 75th anniversary of the first woman to fly around the world but do you know her name? A blue plaque is being unveiled to commemorate her flight later this year at Marshall’s Airfield. \n\n\n\nRicharda Morrow-Tait (1923 – 1982) known as ‘Dikki’\, was a local girl who was inspired to learn to fly whilst at school in Cambridge. After only 80 hours of flying experience at Marshall’s Airfield on Newmarket Road she took off from Cambridge in her Percival Proctor Mark IV called ‘Thursday’s Child’ with her navigator\, Michael Townsend. After many adventures in many countries including a crash in Canada she returned a year and one day later in her second plane a BT-13 Vultee Valiant called ‘Next Thursday’s Child’. Come and hear Dikki’s story – her connections to Ickleton and Cambridge\, her flight around the world\, and how she still provides inspiration for female pilots today. \n\n\n\nEmma Easterbrook grew up and was educated in and around Cambridge. She was a local in the Mill Road area for nearly 20 years and has recently moved back to the villages. She has had a life-long interest in history and was inspired by a Facebook post by Mike Petty\, creator of the Cambridgeshire Collection\, to re-discover the story behind the first round the world flight by a woman\, and to campaign for a blue plaque to celebrate that achievement.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can watch the recording of the talk here or on our YouTube channel.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/richarda-morrow-tait-1923-1982/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Cambridge Festival: Does Mill Road Matter? Local History and Museums in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:Roger Lilley looks at the relationship between a local history museum and a local history group and the opportunities presented for their interaction. \n\n\n\nRoger will be talking about the Museum of Cambridge\, its history\, trials and tribulations and future development. He’ll be talking about the way it can interact with local history societies and in particular with the Mill Road History Society. He’ll look at their legacy to the Museum\, Capturing Cambridge\, and how the Museum has used that resource to widen its outreach and collect more resources. \n\n\n\nHe’ll also look at new material that the Museum has collected on people and events in the Mill Road area and talk about opportunities to enrich that collection of data further. In comparison\, he will look at other roads\, communities and villages in Cambridgeshire and how the Museum has and continues to play a role in fostering a knowledge of local history. \n\n\n\nHe will ask how communities such as those living in the Mill Road area would like to see the future of the Museum of Cambridge\, and whose responsibility it is ultimately is to ensure that its collection and influence continues into the 21st century. \n\n\n\nRoger is currently the chair of the Trustees of the Museum of Cambridge. He is a former Cambridge primary school teacher with a mixed background in classics\, religious polyphony\, catastrophe reinsurance and environmental campaigning. He’s lived in Cambridge for over thirty years and devoted himself to local history research for the last ten. \n\n\n\nThis talk is a joint venture between the Mill Road History Society and the Museum of Cambridge. Entry is free and open to all. Booking is recommended via an email to bookings@millroadhistory.org.uk but everyone is welcome on the night subject to space. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of Cambridge Festival 2024 run by the University of Cambridge. \n\n\n\nNote the entrance to the Community Centre is on Hazell Street. To reach it from Mill Road walk down Headly Street past the old Library\, turn right onto Hazell Street and then the entrance is on your right. If you arrive after 7:30pm please press the buzzer and we will let you in.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/does-mill-road-matter-local-history-and-museums-in-the-21st-century/
LOCATION:Mill Road Community Centre\, 6 Hazell Street\, Cambridge\, Cambs\, CB1 2GN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240213T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
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SUMMARY:Chimney Boy: George Brewster
DESCRIPTION:On a cold February in 1875 George Brewster\, an 11-year-old Chimney Sweep’s ‘apprentice’\, was sent up a boiler chimney at Fulbourn Lunatic Asylum by his master. He sadly suffocated – nothing out of the ordinary for Victorian England – however\, the story afterwards is remarkable!  \n\n\n\nHear Joanna’s story about how she ‘Found George’ and how meeting people along the journey is turning a forgotten story about a young boy into a (soon to be) household name known to all! \n\n\n\nJoanna Hudson is a Communications Manager for the University of Cambridge and\, when not doing her day job and bringing up two kids\, is an amateur historian. \n\n\n\nThis event was presented on Zoom and can be viewed below.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/george-brewster/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240109T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240109T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
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SUMMARY:The Story of Cambridge in One Hole
DESCRIPTION:Excavation in a sewer shaft in central Cambridge revealed evidence from almost the entirety of Cambridge history – and not a few surprises along the way! \n\n\n\nAlison Dickens BA MCIfA is the Director of Granta Heritage Ltd. and has been a professional archaeologist in the region for over 30 years. A Project Manager for the University Archaeological Unit for many years (during which the work at the centre of this talk was carried out)\, she started her own company in 2019 specialising in historic buildings and church archaeology. She became Cathedral Archaeologist at Bury St Edmunds Cathedral in 2020. \n\n\n\nThis event will be held on Zoom. The link will be sent to our Mailing List a few days beforehand.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/the-story-of-cambridge-in-one-hole/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231212T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231212T213000
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
CREATED:20230917T095243Z
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SUMMARY:A Victorian Parlour Evening
DESCRIPTION:Booking is now open for our annual Victorian Parlour Evening. Tickets available from Cambridge Folk Club \n\n\n\nDoors open 7pm\, all are welcome.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/a-victorian-parlour-evening/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231114T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231114T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
CREATED:20230529T100011Z
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SUMMARY:The Great Plague in Cambridge 1665-1666
DESCRIPTION:Every school child hears about the Great Plague of London but what happened in the rest of the country? For our November talk Dr Evelyn Lord takes us nearly 450 years back to look at the plague’s effect on Cambridge. \n\n\n\nThis is the story of the people who lived\, worked and died in Cambridge during the great plague of 1665-1666. It traces the plague from house to house\, and looks at what happened in the colleges and university as the students went home\, fellows fled to the countryside\, and the university closed. It uses primary sources such as parish registers\, lease books\, diaries and letters as well as state papers\, to show what it was like living in Cambridge at that time. It aims to remind us today that like us those struggling to survive in 1665-1666 were people with the same aspirations\, emotions and sorrow as we have today. \n\n\n\nDr Evelyn Lord was the course director for the University of Cambridge’s Master of Studies in Local History and tutor for local history at the University of Cambridge\, Institute for Continuing Education. She is an Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College\, Cambridge\, and is currently chair of the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History and a member of the Cambridgeshire Records Society executive committee. \n\n\n\nThis talk takes place at Ross Street Community Centre which is a fully accessible venue. Doors open at 7pm\, the talk starts at 7:30pm. Admission £3\, all are welcome. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can view the video of the talk below:
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/the-great-plague-in-cambridge/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231010T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231010T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240214T112603Z
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SUMMARY:The Gray Family of Cambridge 
DESCRIPTION:Claire Martinsen will talk about the Gray family – five Cambridge born brothers who achieved world renowned status in the sport of racquets. Indeed it is said ‘there is no record of any family obtaining such a high standard in one sport as that of the Gray family’. Three of the siblings were world racquets champions\, and eldest brother Henry founded the eponymous sports company\, still in business today. How the brothers did it promises to make an interesting evening\, full of Cambridge sporting history. \n\n\n\nClaire has been a member of the Mill Road Cemetery History Group for several years. By day Claire is a successful entrepreneur and runs Breckland Orchard which makes carbonated drinks. She is also a member of the Mill Road WI. \n\n\n\nThis event takes place at Ross Street Community Centre on 10 October 2023 at 7:30pm\, doors open at 7pm\, all are welcome. Admission £3. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can view a recording of the talk below:
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/the-gray-family-of-cambridge/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230912T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230912T210000
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SUMMARY:Open Cambridge: Tales From The Kitchen
DESCRIPTION:Tales from the kitchen – old utensils tell a story. \n\n\n\nThe Mill Road History Society invites you to bring an old kitchen utensil or household object along to the Ross Street Community Centre and to recount a short history of it\, how it was used and what it means to you. Perhaps you have something unusual and would like us to guess what it is. Perhaps you don’t know. \n\n\n\nDon’t be shy\, come along and join in. You are\, of course\, also welcome to just come and listen. \n\n\n\nTo get the evening started Ila Chandavarkar and Julia Ewans bring objects from their family histories in India and Cumbria and relate the stories and memories they hold. \n\n\n\nThis is a free event and everyone is welcome. No booking is required. Ross Street Community Centre is a fully accessible venue. Doors open at 7pm\, we will start the event at 7:30pm and finish when we run out of objects. \n\n\n\nIf you are thinking of bringing an object then it would be helpful if you could email admin@millroadhistory.org.uk beforehand so we know numbers but feel free to just turn up.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/open-cambridge-bring-a-kitchen-object/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230711T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
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SUMMARY:Talk: Thomas Hobson and his brook – the problem of fresh water in Cambridge
DESCRIPTION:In 1614\, Thomas Hobson founded a Trust and left money in his will to ensure that Cambridge had a permanent fresh water supply. This talk will examine why Cambridge needed a fresh water supply\, who suggested the idea\, where the water came from\, how it came about and who has benefitted from this innovation. \n\n\n\nMax Field was born in Cambridge and went to University in London. He has worked in Yorkshire\, Oxford\, London and finally in Glasgow before retiring in 2013 to Cambridge.  He and his wife live in Trumpington. He retrained as a Green Badge Cambridge Guide and volunteers for The Arts Society Cambridge\, The Society of Cambridge Tourist Guides and helps for The Arthur Rank Hospice and The Museum of Cambridge. He has been a Trustee for Hobson’s Conduit since 2014. \n\n\n\nThis talk takes place at Ross Street Community Centre. Doors open at 7pm and the talk will start at 7:3pm. Full accessible venue. All are welcome\, admission is a suggested £3. \n\n\n\nPlease note unlike many of our other events this talk will not be recorded.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/thomas-hobson-and-his-brook-the-problem-of-fresh-water-in-cambridge/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230509T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230509T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
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SUMMARY:AGM & Talk: Frank Fenner - Hero or Villain?
DESCRIPTION:“Fenner’s” is well known in Cambridge\, even amongst those who know little about cricket\, but being named after the University Cricket Ground is currently Frank Fenner’s only legacy. When he died in the late 19th century no obituary was published in local papers. Why? \n\n\n\nNigel Fenner is related to Frank Fenner\, currently writing a book on his life. Nigel arrived in Cambridge in 1981 to train as a teacher at the University\, where he also secured his football Blue. Over the last 40 years Nigel has lived locally\, including just off Mill Road (for a period of 5 years)\, and worked in education\, mostly with vulnerable and challenging young people. You can read more about Nigel at www.cambridgesportstours.co.uk. \n\n\n\nThe talk will be preceded by a short Annual General Meeting. Doors open at 7pm\, the AGM will be at 7:30pm and the talk will start at 7:45pm. All are welcome.  \n\n\n\nThis event takes place at Ross Street Community Centre. \n\n\n\nNote: Nigel will have copies of his book\, Cambridge Sport: in Fenner’s Hands\, for sale and signing at the talk. It is also available for sale on his website https://www.cambridgesportstours.co.uk/book-for-sale. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can now view the recording of Nigel Fenner’s talk here or on YouTube.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/talk-fenners-2/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230411T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230411T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
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SUMMARY:Talk: The History of the Cambridge Townscape\, 1500 – 2023
DESCRIPTION:In this illustrated talk\, Tony Kirby looks at the changing built environment of Cambridge from the eve of the Reformation to the present day\, using what survives today as a guide to what had happened over the past five centuries as a result of the combined – and often conflicting – activities of the Colleges\, private developers large and small\, architects and local government\, together with the railways and the attempts to deal with growing road traffic in the 20th and 21st centuries. So we shall go from the few surviving late mediæval houses\, through the private affluence and public squalor of the Georgian era\, the activities of Victorian and Edwardian developers and the public and private housing schemes of the 20th century to today’s delights of CB1\, Eddington and Marleigh\, with a quick look at Bar Hill\, Cambourne and Waterbeach. \n\n\n\nTony Kirby was\, before retirement\, Co-ordinator of Strategic and Curriculum Planning at Anglia Ruskin University. He is Acting Co-President of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society\, Secretary of the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History and also of the County Advisory Group on Archives and Local Studies. \n\n\n\nThis event takes place at Ross Street Community Centre on 11 April 2023 at 7:30pm\, doors open at 7pm\, all are welcome.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/talk-history-of-the-cambridge-townscape-1500-1914/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230314T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230314T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
CREATED:20220722T083246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230213T090921Z
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SUMMARY:Talk: Fighting for Women's Rights in Cambridge
DESCRIPTION:Cambridge has been home to a vibrant women’s movement from Suffragette times\, through the 70s onwards\, and continuing today. Yet many women in the city continue to be in a precarious position\, affected disproportionately by any crises such as the rise in the cost of living. \n\n\n\nOn the 14 March 2023\, representatives from Cambridge Women’s Aid\, Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre and Cambridge Women’s Resources Centre\, all based in the Mill Road area\, will talk about the early years of their organisations\, the issues they were set up to tackle\, what they do now and the current services they provide. Come to this talk if you would like to hear more about the fight to secure women’s rights in Cambridge and what this means. \n\n\n\nThe talk will examine whether women’s equality and rights have progressed since the 1960s\, whether responses to violence against women and girls have changed over this time and why safe\, women-only spaces remain relevant today. It will also look at public policy and decision making\, reviewing whether the Government and agencies such as local authorities deliver according to their strategies for women\, particularly when commissioning services. It will ask if public discussions\, e.g. in the media\, cover issues in a gendered way or if women continue to be invisible. \n\n\n\nFinally\, we hope the talk and discussion will demonstrate the tangible benefits to society of ensuring women’s equality and rights and of investment in social infrastructure. \n\n\n\nOur speakers are: \n\n\n\nAngie Stewart\, Chief Executive Officer\, Cambridge Women’s Aid. Since 1977\, CWA provides dedicated and specialist services for women and children affected by domestic abuse. \n\n\n\nNorah Al-Ani\, Director\, Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre. CRCC is a specialist sexual violence organisation\, since 1982\, delivering a range of support services each year to thousands in Cambridgeshire who are survivors of rape\, sexual abuse and sexual violence. \n\n\n\nStef Martinsen-Barker\, Chief Executive Officer\, Cambridge Women’s Resources Centre. Since 1982\, CWRC has provided a welcoming and accessible women’s community space and has a rich history of supporting\, training and encouraging women seeking positive change for themselves and their families. \n\n\n\nThis event takes place at Ross Street Community Centre on 14 March 2023 at 7:30pm\, doors open at 7pm\, all are welcome. \n\n\n\nPlease reserve your tickets at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fighting-for-womens-rights-in-cambridge-tickets-534796700327. Tickets will be available on the door if available.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/talk-fighting-for-womens-rights-in-cambridge/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230214T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230214T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
CREATED:20220722T082801Z
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SUMMARY:Talk: Imperial Mud - The Fight for the Fens
DESCRIPTION:For our February talk we are remaining online which means we are able to welcome Tasmanian resident James Boyce to Mill Road History Society. James is the author of Imperial Mud: The Fight for the Fens (2020) amongst many other award-winning historical books and in this talk he will tell us about the history of the Fens and how it related to Cambridge and Cambridgeshire. \n\n\n\nThe synopsis for his book is as follows: \n\n\n\nBetween the English Civil Wars and the mid-Victorian period\, the proud indigenous population of the Fens of eastern England fought to preserve their homeland against an expanding empire. After centuries of resistance\, their culture and community were destroyed\, along with their wetland home – England’s last lowland wilderness. But this was no simple triumph of technology over nature – it was the consequence of a newly centralised and militarised state\, which enriched the few while impoverishing the many. \n\n\n\nIn this colourful and evocative history\, James Boyce brings to life not only colonial masters such as Oliver Cromwell and the Dukes of Bedford but also the defiant ‘Fennish’ themselves and their dangerous and often bloody resistance to the enclosing landowners. We learn of the eels so plentiful they became a kind of medieval currency; the games of ‘Fen football’ that were often a cover for sabotage of the drainage works; and the destruction of a bountiful ecosystem that had sustained the Fennish for thousands of years and which meant that they did not have to submit in order to survive. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place on Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent to our mailing list a few days before\, and again on the afternoon of the talk for new subscribers. If you haven’t joined the mailing list or didn’t receive the link then please email us through the Contact form.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/talk-imperial-mud/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230110T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230110T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
CREATED:20220722T082618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230112T094049Z
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SUMMARY:Talk: Housing the Poor – Cambridge Alms Houses
DESCRIPTION:Our talk for January is by Evelyn Lord and will take place over Zoom. \n\n\n\nAn alms house is a house founded by a charity offering accommodation to poor people. Cambridge is fortunate in having a number of these surviving today with sources that enable us to look at the history of these foundations. Using a chronological narrative structure this talk asks the following questions – what was the motivation of the benefactors who founded the alms houses\, how were these funded\, who could live in an alms house and how were they maintained\, was the accommodation in the alms houses better than elsewhere\, and finally how do alms houses fit in with national policies on poverty? In the course of the talk we will meet the alms men and women and those who looked after them. \n\n\n\nBefore retirement Evelyn Lord was Director of the University of Cambridge Masters in Local History. She is now the chair of the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History\, convenor of the Landscape and Local History Research Group\, on the editorial committee of the Cambridgeshire Records Society\, and on the Cambridgeshire Archives advistory group.  \n\n\n\nThis event will take place on Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent to our mailing list a few days before\, and again on the afternoon of the talk for new subscribers. If you haven’t joined the mailing list or didn’t receive the link then please email us through the Contact form. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can watch the event here
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/talk-cambridge-alms-houses/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221213T191500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221213T221500
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
CREATED:20220722T082454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221113T104438Z
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SUMMARY:A Victorian Christmas Parlour Evening
DESCRIPTION:For the first time since 2019 the Victorian Christmas Parlour Evening is back in person. This year we’ve moved to Ross Street Community Centre as well so that more people can join us. \n\n\n\nTickets can be booked on the Cambridge Folk Club website at https://cambridgefolkclub.co.uk/products/20221213-tuesday-13th-december-2022-victorian-parlour-evening. We will sell tickets on the door as well if there is any space left. \n\n\n\nPerformers include: \n\n\n\n\nLynne Heraud and Pat Turner\n\n\n\nTom Ling and Ian Turner\n\n\n\nMythopoeic\n\n\n\nThe Threebys\n\n\n\n\nAs well as members of the committee and friends doing their bit. \n\n\n\nDoors open at 7pm\, note the music will start earlier than usual at 7:15pm as there is so much to fit in!
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/victorian-parlour-evening-2/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221108T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221108T210000
DTSTAMP:20260508T011241
CREATED:20220219T124110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230408T100416Z
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SUMMARY:From the Front to the Backs: Revisiting the 1st Eastern General Hospital\, Cambridge - Film & Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The recent centenary of WW1 provided many opportunities to explore overlooked and forgotten aspects of local history.  The 1st Eastern General Hospital in Cambridge treated tens of thousands of returning casualties between 1914 and 1919. The pre-fabricated wooden huts housed up to 1\,700 beds\, operating theatres\, ancillary buildings\, a Post Office\, shop\, cinema and other recreational facilities. ‘This small city on the Backs’ stood on the site now occupied by the Cambridge University Library\, and yet – a century later – it seemed to have disappeared from public memory.  \n\n\n\nIn ‘From the Front to the Backs’\, a documentary film (2014\, 36 mins) produced by the University of Cambridge\, Dr Sarah Baylis tells the story of the military hospital and its site and asks how it was possible that a building of such local and national significance should have been so widely forgotten. The film draws on a range of images and archives and includes interviews with local people who help us to remember. \n\n\n\nBut there are still many stories waiting to be uncovered. Stories about the people who worked there. The local businesses and tradespeople who supported it. The families for whom the hospital buildings represented home.  The impact of the Spanish Flu pandemic that coincided with the ending of the War\, with devastating consequences. \n\n\n\nSarah Baylis is a Cambridge-born writer and heritage consultant who works with community groups – helping them to explore and share aspects of their histories. She has a particular interest in the legacy of WW1 and trying to understand its impacts on individuals\, families and communities. \n\n\n\nIn this event we will screen the film and then Sarah Baylis will lead a discussion of the film and its themes.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/from-the-front-to-the-backs-revisiting-the-1st-eastern-general-hospital-cambridge/
LOCATION:St Philips Church\, 185 Mill Road\, Cambridge\, CB1 3AN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Talk: A Cambridge Photographer - Lettice Ramsey 1898-1985
DESCRIPTION:This talk is about the remarkable life and work of Lettice Ramsey\, who as a young widow in the early 1930s set up a photographic studio with her professional partner Helen Muspratt in Petty Cury\, Cambridge. Ramsey & Muspratt became one of the most celebrated 20th century photographers\, and their portraits of the Bloomsbury group and 1930s Cambridge spies are still widely reproduced today. In 1938 Muspratt moved to Oxford and the studio continued in both university towns. In the 1950s and 1960s Lettice Ramsey took Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes’s wedding photographs (which they hated and kept hidden away) and travelled widely\, including to Cambodia. She worked as a professional photographer almost until her death in 1985 and was described as ‘Cambridge’s First Lady’. Many Cambridge people will still have memories of her\, and perhaps even some of her photographs. \n\n\n\nDr Ann Kennedy Smith is a freelance writer and independent researcher based in Cambridge. Her reviews and essays are published in the Times Literary Supplement\, History Today and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\, and she was awarded a Women’s History Network Independent Researcher fellowship for 2021-22. \n\n\n\nA special request: If you have any images taken by Ramsey & Muspratt\, or memories of Lettice Ramsey you would like to share\, Ann would love to hear from you. Please contact admin@millroadhistory.org.uk or go to Ann’s ‘Cambridge Ladies’ Dining Society’ blog here: https://akennedysmith.com/
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/talk-lettice-ramsey/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220918T093000
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SUMMARY:Tour: Emma Smith - Artistic Intervention
DESCRIPTION:Taking inspiration from a long history of invention on Parker’s Piece\, join artist Emma Smith to pace the piece in a walk and talk to unfold the local inventions and knowledge that have inspired her artworks. \n\n\n\nFrom the invention of football rules to test driving the first steam coach\, the history of Parker’s Piece abounds with invention. Join artist Emma Smith to walk the four sides of the Piece while she shares projects from 4 sides of the city inspired by its curious histories and the knowledge of its residents past and present. Depart Reality Checkpoint to discover a world of artistic inventions from charts to devine your perfect artwork to the creation of a 2200 year long song. Emma is an award-winning artist based in Cambridge who works internationally. She is current artist in residence for Cromwell Road Public Art Programme. Previous exhibitions include Kettle’s Yard\, Fitzwilliam Museum\, Tate Modern\, Barbican and Whitechapel Art Gallery among many others. \n\n\n\nVenue: Meet by Reality Checkpoint on Parker’s Piece.  \n\n\n\nAccessibility: This event will involve walking around Parker’s Piece at a pace to suit all. \n\n\n\nPhotos:  Emma Smith\, HUNCH\, Parker’s Piece\, 2017\, commissioned by UNIVERSITY ARMS HOTEL. Photography by Toby Peters.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/tour-artistic-intervention/
LOCATION:Parker’s Piece\, Reality Checkpoint\, Cambridge
CATEGORIES:Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220913T193000
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SUMMARY:Talk: Emma Smith - Artistic Inventions
DESCRIPTION:Join artist Emma Smith to learn about her artistic inventions\, created in collaboration with residents of Cambridge\, from future predicting machines to musical instruments that allow you to hear subterranean music. In this special evening of artistic exploration\, the artist will share insights into a number of projects across Cambridge that have involved working collaboratively with local residents to create new ways of seeing and experiencing the city. Emma is an award-winning artist based in Cambridge who works internationally. She is current artist in residence for Cromwell Road Public Art Programme. Previous exhibitions include Kettle’s Yard\, Fitzwilliam Museum\, Tate Modern\, Barbican and Whitechapel Art Gallery among many others. \n\n\n\nThis event is free but you will need to book a ticket on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emma-smith-artistic-inventions-tickets-389227940247 \n\n\n\nPhotos:  Emma Smith\, HUNCH\, Parker’s Piece\, 2017\, commissioned by UNIVERSITY ARMS HOTEL. Photography by Toby Peters.
URL:https://millroadhistory.org.uk/oldevent/talk-artistic-inventions/
LOCATION:Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street Community Centre\, Ross Street\, Cambridge\, CB1 3UZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Talk
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