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St Peter's Street early 20th Century showing the hardware store on the left.

Next meeting of the Duxford History Society will be on Thursday 15th May at 10:00. Our speaker for the day will be announced shortly.

Meetings 2025

Many members have been asking for dates of meetings for 2025 in order to manage calendars and ensure that they do not miss any of the meetings. All meetings in 2025 will take place on a Thursday:

• 27th February 7:00 pm - Transport in Duxford - Alan Bywaters

• 20th March 10:00 am - A peak inside some 100 Parishes Churches - Ken McDonald

• 24th April 7:00 pm - Duxford Chapel, Templars and Hospitallers - David Latta

• TBA

• 26th June 7:00 pm - Memories of Duxford 2 - David Bott

• 17th July 10:00 am - History of the Bayonette - Malcolm Hyde

• 28th August 7:00 pm - A Village Baker - Tim Stubbs

• 18th September 10:00 am - The Spinning House - Caroline Briggs

• 23rd October 7:00 pm - TBA

• 20th November 10:00 am - The Templars - Steve Tibble 

• 18th December 7:00 pm - The IWM - Liam Shaw

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Meetings are fun, we start with updates on what has been achieved during the past month and then we have a speaker to tell us about issues of historical interest to all of us. We have a break in the middle when people can mingle and chat and everyone enjoys it.

Even if you can't make all of the meetings you can still be a member and share in everything that is going on by tuning in to our website and participating in our WhatsApp group. WhatsApp allows all of our members to share memories and pictures and new discoveries. Just click the link below:

 Link to:

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol6/pp201-220

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol2/pp223-226

Farringdon Diaries. https://capturingcambridge.org/museum-of-cambridge/museum-exhibit-stories/the-farrington-diaries/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsVTJtA35sA

https://youtu.be/YsLF4_MqEBs

https://duxfordparishcouncil.gov.uk/duxford-history/

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol6/pp201-220

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