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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 18th September at 10:00 am. Our speaker for the day will be Caroline Briggs who has written a book on the Cambridge Spinning House about treatment of women in Cambridge in the past.

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:

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

• 23rd October 7:00 pm - Mark Hinman - Archaeological discoveries from Duxford and further afield

• 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:

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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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