20MPH bid for Little Gidding, speed camera installed,
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In July 2019 I was fortunate to be able to attend the funeral of Dorothy Atkinson who had reached the great age of 100. Mrs Atkinson was one of the most joy-filled people I’ve ever met. She was still visiting the elderly, so she told me, well
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The University of Cambridge’s Higher Education Field Academy (HEFA) is supervising the excavation of a number of archaelogical test pits around the village this week. With the goodwill of local householders supported by Access Cambridge Archaelogy a number of young people will be finding out how to
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Gidding History Group have been chosen by the University of Cambridge to host this year’s Higher Education Field Academy. This annual event enables young people from local Academies to have a try at digging a test pit. Details are on the attached poster. We are seeking 12
Read more →The January meeting of the History Group will be held on Tuesday 24th. Change of venue to Manor Site Farm. We will be looking at old (mainly black and white) photographs of Peterborough and surrounding village. 7.30PM start time
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On 30th September 2015 two talks were given to an audience of more than 60 people in Great Gidding Village Hall. History and extent of the Fitzwilliam Estate Mr Robert Dalgliesh – Chief Agent to the Fitzwilliam Estate – began by describing the history and extent of
Read more →Bruce Jordan has kindly given to us a collection of cuttings and letters that he has gathered together whilst researching and collecting information in relation to the US bomber ‘Bam Bam’ that crashed just outside of Great Gidding in 1944. UPDATE These details have just been released
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An exhibition of ongoing research into those from the Giddings who served in the Great War has been mounted in St Michael’s Church. The exhibition will run from Friday 7th November until Thursday 13th November, and will be open from 8.30am – 4.00pm each day.
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