For those of you interested in Cambridge’s local history…
I run the local history project Lost Cambridge.
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Beehive Centre Redevelopment – first webinar highlighting making space for girls
If you’ve not seen the display boards from the developers and their media partners, please see my earlier blogpost here where I’ve photographed and uploaded them for you. (And if you found them useful, please consider a small donation to help sustain my reporting and research) It was only covered at the very end, butContinue reading “Beehive Centre Redevelopment – first webinar highlighting making space for girls”
Cambridge Railway Station’s eastern entrance – and its local context in Coleridge – the one with the dragon slide in it
As some of our council houses become too expensive to upgrade, but also too expensive for people paying fuel bills, the city council is looking at comprehensive redevelopment. Some of you will have seen the report by Gemma Gardner in the Cambridge Independent here. The meeting of Cambridge City Council’s Housing Scrutiny Committee on 21stContinue reading “Cambridge Railway Station’s eastern entrance – and its local context in Coleridge – the one with the dragon slide in it”
Institute for Government needs to follow up its report on Metro Mayors with one on local government & local public services – including the historical context
You can read How metro mayors can help level up England here. Given the problems we’ve had in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough from the very start, this report should be of interest beyond local government and party political circles. Hence the short video summary here. The Institute’s summary of recommendations include: Devolving full responsibility for functionsContinue reading “Institute for Government needs to follow up its report on Metro Mayors with one on local government & local public services – including the historical context”
The importance of community summer fairs – and the long term paths in the face of some personal lessons learnt
Mike Scialom at The Chesterton Festival and Adrian Peel at the Arbury Carnival remind us of the importance of larger community events. But they rely on volunteers, and this year (2022) we lost the Cherry Hinton Festival. In order to build on north Cambridge’s successes, and the lack of success this year in Cherry HintonContinue reading “The importance of community summer fairs – and the long term paths in the face of some personal lessons learnt”
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