Histon and Impington Village Society is holding a talk on Tuesday 29th March from 7.30pm at Histon Methodist Church.
This is the first in a series of talks where local residents share their memories of their villages.
Maurice Beeton will talk about “The Early Life of a Milkman in Histon and Impington in the 1940’s to 1960’s”.
Email: handivsoc@gmail.com for more information.
Histon Library are hosting an event on Wednesday 20th April from 2-3.30pm.
The Business & IP Centre (BIPC) Cambridgeshire & Peterborough provides free and low-cost business support and advice to start up business owners, entrepreneurs, and inventors.
Donations welcome – Book in the library or email: Barhill.Referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Histon Library are hosting a talk on Wednesday 16th March from 2-3.30pm.
Sally Stafford, University Library, will be delivering a talk on Charles Darwin.
Donations welcome – Book in the library or email: Barhill.Referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
You are invited to a talk by David Oates on the heritage aspects of Cross Close Set-Aside (CCSA) by Zoom on Monday 28th February at 7.30pm.
Many people think of CCSA as a magical 11 acres of wilderness, woodland, and open areas on the edge of Histon – but it also played an important part in early settlement.
It is the oldest recorded individual field in Histon, mentioned in a 1251 deed. Laser airborne radar shows that the field is crossed by two ancient double-ditched probably pre-historic tracks for driving cattle to and from Westwick. This land has probably been at the heart of local activity and settlement until the 16th century.
Flier for the Talk. The zoom link is https://ukri.zoom.us/j/99798947790 . The talk is free.
You may like to consider a donation that will contribute to helping Histon & Impington Green Spaces Charity secure the land for the community in perpetuity. Donations can be made through JustGiving at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/abbeyfields-ccsatalk or on the website at https://abbeyfields.online/
This is the first of a series of talks – future talks will focus on the flora and fauna aspects of the landscape.
Histon and Impington Garden Club are holding their monthly meeting on Tuesday 12th April at 7.30pm at the Methodist Hall.
Colin Bell, the owner of Southview Apiary, will talk about bees, their importance, how to attract them to the garden and look after them once they have arrived.
All meetings are free for Garden Club members. Visitors are welcome to attend meetings for a fee of £2.50.
Contact Richard Ackroyd for more information. Tel. 01223 236314.
Histon and Impington Garden Club will be holding its monthly meeting on Tuesday 8th March at 7.30pm at the Methodist Hall.
The talk will be led by Ian Limmer, Nursery Manager for Peter Beales Roses for 43 years. It will include information on planting and pruning correctly, a little about the nursery gardens for Chelsea and differences between climbers and ramblers.
Meetings are free for Garden Club members (£10/yr membership fee). Visitors are welcome to attend meetings for a fee of £2.50.
For further details please contact Richard Ackroyd. Tel. 01223 236315.
The next Histon and Impington Archaeology Group talk will held by Zoom on Monday 14th March at 7.30 p.m and will be given by Paul Clarkson (Bournemouth University).
Journeying from Mesolithic hunters to Neolithic farmers, and from Roman towns in Norfolk to small frogs in pre-medieval Dorset, the talk will explore animal-human interactions and what they tell us about how people lived. The talk will explain how we recover, identify, and interpret the bones we find to show how people lived, and the effect they had on animals.
Paul has a MSc in Osteoarchaeology from Bournemouth University where he is currently researching microfauna recovered from a wide range of archaeological sites in Turkey
Use www.hiarchaeology.wordpress.com/contact to register for this free talk: a Zoom link will be sent in advance. HIAG members receive the Zoom link automatically.
Histon and Impington Women’s Institute is holding a talk on Thursday 17th February at 7.30pm at Histon Methodist Church Hall.
Keith Day will talk about the old family recipes and remedies his Gran has written about in this little heirloom book.
If you would like to attend this meeting, please email hisimpwi@gmail.com. Visitors and new member welcome.
The next Histon and Impington Village Society’s talk will be on Tuesday 30th November at 7.30pm at Histon Methodist Church.
Not so long ago Histon Road was a relatively minor road. In 2019 proposals from the Greater Cambridge Partnership to widen the road, change junctions and add floating bus stops made it clear that the last vestiges of the countryside would soon be swept away. It was a moment to capture the past. Alison Wilson will talk about the local initiative that recorded memories of local residents, a community of people with a fascinating history.
A wonderful book has now been published and the photographs and memories will form the basis of this talk.
To book a place at the talk please email handivsoc@gmail.com
Talks are free for members and £3.00 to non members.
On Tuesday 26th October at 7.30 there will be a talk on A History of Madingley Hall Gardens by Richard Gant, Head Gardener on Zoom
Richard Gant joined the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Continuing Education at Madingley Hall in 1988 and, as a formidable plantsman and all-round horticulturalist, he has overseen many changes and developments to the garden. He will talk on the development and history of the gardens, including its historical link to Histon Manor .
The talk is free of charge. Society members will be sent the zoom link 2-3 days before the talk. If you are not yet a member and just fancy logging on for this talk then please CONTACT US
https://histonandimpingtonvillagesociety.wordpress.com/contact-us/. Membership is free of charge until January 2022 NB This talk is also available free of charge to all H & I Garden Club members. Please contact your secretary for the link.
Image of Madingley Hall Garden courtesy of thegardengateisopen.blog