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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 30/08/2026

Our next talk is for Open Cambridge 2026 and is entitled Working Lives of Women in East Cambridge in the early mid 20th Century It's on 8 September at Ross Street Community Centre and is free. More details at millroadhistory.org.uk/event/workin...

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 12/06/2026

Our last talk was on local company Chivers and Sons and you can watch the video of the talk on our YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9zx...

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Chivers and Sons 1873-1959: Their Contribution to the Development of the Preserves Industry

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 01/05/2026

Our May event is one of our occasional evenings where we open the floor to our audience. In "Bring an Object, Tell a Story - Toys and Childhood" we'll tell stories of favourite toys and childhood memories and invite you to do the same. 7:30pm, 12 May, Ross St Community Centre.

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Bring an Object, Tell a Story – Toys and Childhood & AGM

The Mill Road History Society invites you to bring an old toy or something related to childhood along to Ross Street Community Centre and to give us a short history of it and what it means to you. …

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 18/03/2026

Our Cambridge Festival event, What's Your Mill Road?, is next Tuesday 24 March. We'll be in the Mill Road Community Centre on Hazell Street from 6pm for a drop-in workshop followed by a talk at 8pm. More info at millroadhistory.org.uk/event/whats-...

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 13/02/2026

The recording of Tuesday’s talk on Stourbridge Fair is now available to watch on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTCt...

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Out in the fields – past the Priory to the great Fair at Stourbridge

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 21/09/2025

Our latest newsletter has gone out to subscribers but you can read it here. mailchi.mp/4eebbddc8cee...

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Nearly October Newsletter

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 11/09/2025

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.

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Mill Road Through Space and Time

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 30/08/2025

We've made a trailer for our upcoming #OpenCambridge event to tempt you along. More info at www.opencambridge.cam.ac.uk/events/mill-...

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Mill Road Through Space and Time (Trailer)

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 11/07/2025

The recording of Tuesday's talk on William Tudor's Cambridge Circus is now available on our YouTube channel.

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William Tudor's Cambridge Circus

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 12/06/2025

Tuesday’s talk by Susan Woodall on the Cambridge Female Refuge is now available to watch on YouTube.

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Inside The Cambridge Female Refuge

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 19/05/2025

Our next talk is "Inside The Cambridge Female Refuge" with Susan Woodall, 7:30pm on Tuesday 10 June at Ross Street Community Centre. millroadhistory.org.uk/event/inside...

Wooden doors into a church and view of the graveyard

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 18/05/2025

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.

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OLEM: Yolande Lyne-Stephens and the creation of a Cambridge church

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 06/05/2025

Our May newsletter is now out mailchi.mp/dba7573177a3...

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May Newsletter

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 19/04/2025

Note this event will be preceded by our AGM but we will keep this short, the talk itself will start around 7:45pm

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 19/04/2025

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. millroadhistory.org.uk/event/olem-y...

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Yolande Lyne-Stephens and the creation of a Cambridge church and AGM

Set across the lawns of Downing College, bordering Hills and Lensfield Roads, the ‘Church of Our Lady of the Assumption & the English Martyrs’ although coming late to the …

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 16/04/2025

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...

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 30/03/2025

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...

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 02/03/2025

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.

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March Newsletter

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 19/02/2025

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.

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Cambridge per diem: a daily chronicle of Cambridge connections

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 eve…

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 16/02/2025

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.

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Cambridge’s Original Green Belt: Our Urban Commons

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 11/01/2025

Living Streets Cambridge have a programme of Winter Walks, see poster for details. All walks are 90 minutes and end where they started.

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

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 02/01/2025

We’ve just sent the January newsletter out to mailing list. Next event is in two weeks on Zoom.

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January Newsletter

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 12/12/2024

The recording of Tuesday’s sold out talk by Caroline Biggs is now available to watch on YouTube.

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The Spinning House

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 10/12/2024

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.

Mary introducing Caroline Biggs at the start of her Spinning House talk

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 07/12/2024

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...

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Cambridge University urged to apologise over jailing of thousands of ‘evil’ women without evidence or trial

A 1561 charter granted powers to imprison young working-class women found walking with undergraduates after dark

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Antony Carpen @acarpen.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Cambridge People - Mill Road Winter Fair has been cancelled due to the heavy rain and strong gale force winds forecast.

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 30/11/2024

We’ve just sent out our December newsletter with details of our next talk, Mill Road Winter Fair and other goodies mailchi.mp/379dc27871e9...

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December Newsletter

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camfolklore.bsky.social @camfolklore.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Cambridge Folklore Group Our next meeting is at 6pm, 27th January. The theme of the meeting is 'Folklore, memory and commemoration'. Everyone is free to give a five minute presentation on the theme! Please contact Frank for further details: cambridgefolkloregroup@gmail.com

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 17/11/2024

Our November talk was “Made by Labour: A Material and Visual History of British Labour” from Nick Mansfield. You can watch it here or, as with most of our talks from the last 4 years, on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@millroadhis... youtu.be/Uqm9KijpkEw?...

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Made by Labour: A Material and Visual History of British Labour

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Mill Road History Society @millroadhistory.org.uk · 16/11/2024

Welcome to the Mill Road History Society feed where we will post information about talks and events that we have planned or think others might be interested in.

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