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St Peter's Street early 20th Century showing the hardware store on the left.
Project mission
To catalogue, preserve and research the history of Duxford.
Next meeting of the Duxford History Society will be on Thursday 20th March 2025 at 10;00. Our speaker for the day will be our old friend Ken McDonald from the 100 parishes and his talk is for anyone interested in the architecture of churches in the 100 parishes area. The talk is entitled "A peak inside some 100 parishes churches".
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
15th May 10:00 am - The Boseman Trail - Kevin Boardman
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 - TBA
18th December 7:00 pm - TBA
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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:
Questions?
Feel free to contact us at DuxHist@outlook.com or using the button below if you have any other questions about the Duxford History Society.
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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