Histon and Impington Village Society have a talk on Tuesday 25th October from 7.30pm at Histon Methodist Church and on Zoom.
The talk is entitled “How an 11 year old Cambridgeshire chimney sweep’s death led to a dramatic change in UK child labour law” and is by local historian Joanna Hudson.
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Histon and Impington Village Society is holding a talk on Tuesday 27th September at 7.30pm at Histon Methodist Church.
Where the boundary runs between Histon & Impington; where Station Road meets Bridge Road and Saffron Road; sometimes known as War Memorial Green or historically Little Green, or Cambridge End next Impington; there is an area named for a family of builders, carpenters, innkeepers and undertakers called Christmas, who lived and worked there for most of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.
The talk by Wendy Doyle will describe the fine mix of buildings from the 16th to the 20th centuries, and the history of some fascinating families.
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Histon and Impington Village Society are holding a talk “The Museum of Cambridge seen through the Eye of an Expert” on Tuesday 26th July at 7.30pm at Histon Methodist Church (TBC).
Following an introduction on the history of this unique Museum, Roger Lilley’s talk will focus on some of the objects in the collection, highlighting their origins and the individual story each has to tell. For more information, see the website: Histon Village Society
Histon and Impington Village Society are holding a talk on Tuesday 28th June from 7.30pm at Histon Methodist Church.
The talk is entitled “IMPINGTON HALL, its Owners and Estates – long gone but not forgotten”. Drawing upon a unique collection of photographs, maps and documents held within Histon and Impington Village Society Archives, our local historian, Eleanor Whitehead, will bring to life the history of Impington Hall.
This talk will take place at Histon Methodist Church and will also be streamed on Zoom. Book your place now – it’s free for Members, and £3 for non-Members: www.eventbrite.com
Histon and Impington Village Society have organised a Jubilee Memories Exhibition from Friday 3rd June to Sunday 5th June in the Community Room at the Recreation Ground.
It has been the perfect opportunity to bring the society’s much treasured archives out of storage to share wonderful village memories of coronations and jubilees in years gone by. We hope the exhibition will be great for all ages, providing an opportunity to learn about celebrations in our villages before our time, and to have fun spotting friends and family in the more recent images. The exhibition will cover the 1953 Coronation, as well as the Jubilees in 1935, 1977, 2002 and 2012 all focussing on what happened in our villages on those days.
A vast number of photos will be showcased together with tables of local jubilee and coronation memorabilia to pick up and flick through, as far ranging as the minutes of the 1977 H&I jubilee committee to a resident’s scrapbook of her experience on coronation day. Items such as the mugs given out to pupils of the village school in 1953 and a coronation mug dug up only last month in a garden in Histon will be on display.
The exhibition will be open:
3rd June: 11am – 2.30pm
4th June: 2pm – 4.30pm (with complimentary tea & cake)
5th June: 12.30 – 4.30pm
If you need transport to the Recreation Ground, please contact the Village Society and we will do our best to help as we have access to the community minibus for the Saturday opening if required.
Histon and Impington Village Society are holding a talk on Tuesday 31st May from 7.30pm at Histon Methodist Church.
The talk entitled “𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘁𝘀 S𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 D𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀” will be given by Nigel Fenner.
Victorian social history in Cambridge is widely documented, but this talk is one with an exceptional difference. Nigel Fenner helps shed new light on a little researched aspect of Cambridge during this period, helping us understand what a crucial role sport played in bringing the town and gown together during the Victorian era. He will also talk on how the Cambridge Fenner’s cricket ground came to fruition following the escapades on Parker Piece.
Tickets are free for Village Society Members, and cost £3 for non-Members. You can either attend in-person or watch on Zoom. Please book via the Eventbrite link; https://www.eventbrite.com/…/h-i-village-society-may…or email handivsoc@gmail.com for more information.
Histon and Impington Village Society and Histon and Impington Archaeology Group (HIAG) are holding a joint talk on Monday 4th July from 7.30pm at Histon Baptist Church.
“The Man who moved Two Windmills : Jordan Ison, Histon’s Carpenter Extraordinary” will be led by David Oates, as part of Feast Week.
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Histon and Impington Village Society is holding a talk on Monday 25th April from 7.30pm at Histon Baptist Church.
The talk “A potted history of two historic houses in Histon and their recent renovations – The Gables and Histon Manor” will be made by Jo Roach and Katherine Mann.
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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”.
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Histon and Impington Village Society are holding a talk on February 22nd at 7.30pm at Histon Methodist Church (TBC).
This talk, given by one of Cambridge’s most experienced City Tourist Guides and a Trustee of the Conduit charity, Max Field, will take you back in time to understand the history of the brook in Histon.
email: handivsoc@gmail.com for more information. Talks are free for members and £3.00 to non members.