A small museum, with a big story to share
Three interesting items about this prominent Cambridge landmark have come the way of Capturing Cambridge in the last few months. It was in 1845 that local authorities in England were compelled in law to provide homes for the mentally ill.
The Museum of Cambridge has received a generous donation of £25,000 from a local donor to develop and expand its popular crowd-sourced local history website, Capturing Cambridge. One of the largest gifts the Museum has received, this substantial investment is
Over the last 18 months or so, Covid allowing, I’ve scoured bookshops in Cambridge, Norwich, Lewes, and probably other places for interesting books to extract information from for Capturing Cambridge. It was in St Edward’s Passage, I think, that I
Seafood, cheese, and baking have all played their part in the Cambridgeshire’s culinary history. Trustee Roger explores them in detail.
Trustee Roger surveys films released in Cambridge in 1914, touching on the major films released at the outbreak of the First World War.
There is little now to suggest that this narrow road in the heart of the parish of St Matthews, was, on the morning of 19th of June 1940, nine months after the start of the war, the site of the
Find out about some of the auspicious figures associated with Cambridge’s Regent Street in this latest addition to the Capturing Cambridge blog series.
As the Museum opens up again, Roger Lilley tells us about the ‘opening’ of some of Cambridge’s most iconic historical businesses.
Roger Lilley tracks some of Cambridge’s lost streets and buildings (as seen in the novels of Susanna Gregory), and gives us clues about where we can look for their remenants today.
Roger Lilley tells us about the life of Draper Josiah Chater of 21 Hartington Grove.