The recording of Tuesday’s talk on Stourbridge Fair is now available to watch on our YouTube channel
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The recording of Tuesday’s talk on Stourbridge Fair is now available to watch on our YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTCt...
Our first talk of 2026 is this Tuesday (13 Jan) at 7:30pm on Zoom. To receive the link to the talk sign up to our mailing list at millroadhistory.org.uk/mailing-list/
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Our latest newsletter has gone out to subscribers but you can read it here. mailchi.mp/4eebbddc8cee...
The recording of Tuesday's talk for #OpenCambridge is now available.
It features the history of 6-ish Mill Road locations using drone footage, old photos and archive interviews with Mill Road residents.
Thanks to all those who came along and enjoyed it on the night.
We've made a trailer for our upcoming #OpenCambridge event to tempt you along. More info at www.opencambridge.cam.ac.uk/events/mill-...
The recording of Tuesday's talk on William Tudor's Cambridge Circus is now available on our YouTube channel.
Tuesday’s talk by Susan Woodall on the Cambridge Female Refuge is now available to watch on YouTube.
Wooden doors into a church and view of the graveyard
Headshot of Susan Woodall
Our next talk is "Inside The Cambridge Female Refuge" with Susan Woodall, 7:30pm on Tuesday 10 June at Ross Street Community Centre.
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Last Tuesday's talk from Nigel Kerry on the life of Yolande Lyne-Stephens and the creation of The Church of Our Lady of The Assumption and The English Martyrs is now available on our YouTube channel.
Note this event will be preceded by our AGM but we will keep this short, the talk itself will start around 7:45pm
If you missed our day of talks with CALH on the Working Communities of Mill Road and East Cambridge last Saturday then you can now watch them on our YouTube channel.
Our next event is a talk from Nigel Kerry, director of music at OLEM, on the incredible story of Yolande Lyne-Stephens, a former ballerina born in the slums of Paris, who financed the building of the church.
Tue, 13 May, 7:30 at Ross St Community Centre.
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Drop in event in Barnwell in the afternoon and then come to our talk on the history of OLEM afterwards. millroadhistory.org.uk/event/olem-y...
In just under two weeks we have a full day conference in conjunction with the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History on "The Working Communities of Mill Road and East Cambridge".
Details, abstracts and booking info at millroadhistory.org.uk/event/the-wo...
Our March Newsletter is now available to read here mailchi.mp/de900bf9ad26... as well is in your inbox if you’re on our mailing list.
Our next event is part of the Cambridge Festival. On 11th March, 7:30pm at Ross Street Community Centre, Rosie Zanders presents "Cambridge per diem: a daily chronicle of Cambridge connections". All welcome, admission free. No booking required, arrive early to be sure of getting in.
If you missed out Zoom talk last week from Gerald Smith on Cambridge’s Original Green Belt: Our Urban Commons you can now watch the recording on YouTube.
Our next talk is on Zoom this Tuesday, Cambridge’s Original Green Belt: Our Urban Commons with Gerald Smith
Sign up to our mailing list at millroadhistory.org.uk/mailing-list/ to receive the link tomorrow.
Walks are free and open to all. No need to book, just turn,up on the day. Thursday Morning Walks: 10.30-12.00am Walking along the River Cam towards town 9th January: Meet 10.30 outside the Museum of Technology on Riverside Off the Beaten Track: exploring Cambridge College gardens. 6th February: Meet 10.30 at West Rd, by U2 University Library Bus Stop A walk through Ditton Fields 6th March: Meet 10.30 outside the Green Dragon Pub, 5, Water St, Chesterton Wednesday Morning Walk: 10.30-12.00am Mill Road Cemetery Spring blossom and flowers. 2nd April: Meet 10.30 at the Cemetery Lodge at the end of the access path from Mill Rd Sunday Afternoon Walks: 2-3.30pm 'Politics, Punishment and Shopping' a walk around the Market Square area 26th January: Meet 2pm outside Yo Sushi on Guildhall St Exploring the history of Health and Medicine in Cambridge 23rd February: Meet 2pm outside St Edward's Church, Peas Hill Churchill College Art Trail. 23rd March: Meet at main entrance to Churchill College Religion in Cambridge: exploring Places of Worship: past and present. 13th April Meet 2pm outside Great St Mary's Church on King's Parade
Living Streets Cambridge have a programme of Winter Walks, see poster for details. All walks are 90 minutes and end where they started.
Our first event of the year is on Zoom on Tuesday 14 Jan. Sign up our mailing list to receive the link to join.
We’ve just sent the January newsletter out to mailing list. Next event is in two weeks on Zoom.
The recording of Tuesday’s sold out talk by Caroline Biggs is now available to watch on YouTube.
Mary introducing Caroline Biggs at the start of her Spinning House talk
Thanks to all who came to our talk from Caroline Biggs on The Spinning House earlier this evening. And huge apologies to those we had to turn away due to lack of space.
A recording of the talk will be available in the next few days.
The Observer are publishing an article tomorrow about the Spinning House and Caroline's book.
Come along on Tuesday at 7:30pm to Ross Street Community Centre to hear Caroline talk about it in person.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Cambridge People - Mill Road Winter Fair has been cancelled due to the heavy rain and strong gale force winds forecast.
And if anyone missed this, Caroline is talking to us a week Tuesday (10th). See millroadhistory.org.uk/event/the-sp...
We’ve just sent out our December newsletter with details of our next talk, Mill Road Winter Fair and other goodies mailchi.mp/379dc27871e9...
