Monthly Archives: June 2022

What could – and should become of the graveyard of the once mighty Cambridge & District Co-operative Society? This was the vision in Autumn 1988.just before the then ‘new’ centre opened – and where I did work experience in summer 1995. (From the British Newspaper Archive here) I picked this story up from several ofContinue reading “Redeveloping the Beehive Centre – with sci-tech options spun out again”

The question is: How do organisers find enough suitable people without resorting to ‘the usual social media callouts’? You can read the write-up in the Cambridge Independent here, and the various links in the Cambridge 105 tweets from their stage on the day below Above – Cambridge 105 at the Strawberry Fair where they haveContinue reading “A full-on Strawberry Fair and Arbury Carnival – but Cambridge’s events need more volunteers to continue”

Photo and mosaic by @MelanieMosaics – It was on my list of things to follow-up before I ended up in hospital in December 2021. I’ve been a consistent moaner and critic of many-a-piece of public art in Cambridge. Some of you might think with good reason. Others may think grey is wonderful. I’m just pullingContinue reading “Community public art that inspires”

Policies going around in historical circles again? I’ve been trying to shake off this latest bout of fatigue with little success – the end of the block to the nearest convenience store is about as far as I can go at the moment. Hence spending much time digitising very old books and pamphlets from myContinue reading “Northern Powerhouse and Levelling up? Sounds like the ‘Northern Counter-Magnet’ of 1964”

I found a copy in Rock Road Library and had a look. While there are some hopeful signs, it also exposes a much-needed culture change across The University of Cambridge and its member and associated institutions. You can read it online here. Not the first CAM Magazine The first one was an attempt at aContinue reading “What does Cambridge University’s alumni magazine reveal about our divided city?”

(I’m deliberately ignoring the national news announcement today for this post). This could be a positive test for how ‘up for it’ Cambridgeshire & Peterborough are for a combination of grassroots participative democracy and community action. But…and it’s a very big “But”. You can read the short article by Gemma Gardner of the Cambridge IndependentContinue reading ““Mayor Dr Nik Johnson asks *You* to help secure funding for active travel””

Outside the online Political exchanges, that is. Because for followers of what counts as political debate on social media, there were the two inevitable extremes. The first was somewhere along the lines of: “Oh hasn’t she done wonderfully well over these 70 perfect years? Why not do away with all of the politicians and goContinue reading ““So how was your Platty-Joobz?””