Mill Road History Society
@millroadhistory.org.uk
A local history society for Mill Road, Cambridge, UK
https://www.millroadhistory.org.uk
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Nearly October Newsletter
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September 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Our latest newsletter has gone out to subscribers but you can read it here. mailchi.mp/4eebbddc8cee...
The recording of Tuesday's talk for #OpenCambridge is now available.
It features the history of 6-ish Mill Road locations using drone footage, old photos and archive interviews with Mill Road residents.
Thanks to all those who came along and enjoyed it on the night.
It features the history of 6-ish Mill Road locations using drone footage, old photos and archive interviews with Mill Road residents.
Thanks to all those who came along and enjoyed it on the night.
Mill Road Through Space and Time
YouTube video by Mill Road History
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September 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The recording of Tuesday's talk for #OpenCambridge is now available.
It features the history of 6-ish Mill Road locations using drone footage, old photos and archive interviews with Mill Road residents.
Thanks to all those who came along and enjoyed it on the night.
It features the history of 6-ish Mill Road locations using drone footage, old photos and archive interviews with Mill Road residents.
Thanks to all those who came along and enjoyed it on the night.
We've made a trailer for our upcoming #OpenCambridge event to tempt you along. More info at www.opencambridge.cam.ac.uk/events/mill-...
Mill Road Through Space and Time (Trailer)
YouTube video by Mill Road History
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August 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We've made a trailer for our upcoming #OpenCambridge event to tempt you along. More info at www.opencambridge.cam.ac.uk/events/mill-...
The recording of Tuesday's talk on William Tudor's Cambridge Circus is now available on our YouTube channel.
William Tudor's Cambridge Circus
YouTube video by Mill Road History
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July 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The recording of Tuesday's talk on William Tudor's Cambridge Circus is now available on our YouTube channel.
Tuesday’s talk by Susan Woodall on the Cambridge Female Refuge is now available to watch on YouTube.
Inside The Cambridge Female Refuge
YouTube video by Mill Road History
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June 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Tuesday’s talk by Susan Woodall on the Cambridge Female Refuge is now available to watch on YouTube.
Our next talk is "Inside The Cambridge Female Refuge" with Susan Woodall, 7:30pm on Tuesday 10 June at Ross Street Community Centre.
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May 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Our next talk is "Inside The Cambridge Female Refuge" with Susan Woodall, 7:30pm on Tuesday 10 June at Ross Street Community Centre.
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Last Tuesday's talk from Nigel Kerry on the life of Yolande Lyne-Stephens and the creation of The Church of Our Lady of The Assumption and The English Martyrs is now available on our YouTube channel.
OLEM: Yolande Lyne-Stephens and the creation of a Cambridge church
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May 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Last Tuesday's talk from Nigel Kerry on the life of Yolande Lyne-Stephens and the creation of The Church of Our Lady of The Assumption and The English Martyrs is now available on our YouTube channel.
Our May newsletter is now out mailchi.mp/dba7573177a3...
May Newsletter
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May 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our May newsletter is now out mailchi.mp/dba7573177a3...
Note this event will be preceded by our AGM but we will keep this short, the talk itself will start around 7:45pm
Our next event is a talk from Nigel Kerry, director of music at OLEM, on the incredible story of Yolande Lyne-Stephens, a former ballerina born in the slums of Paris, who financed the building of the church.
Tue, 13 May, 7:30 at Ross St Community Centre.
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Tue, 13 May, 7:30 at Ross St Community Centre.
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Yolande Lyne-Stephens and the creation of a Cambridge church and AGM
Set across the lawns of Downing College, bordering Hills and Lensfield Roads, the ‘Church of Our Lady of the Assumption & the English Martyrs’ although coming late to the …
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April 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Note this event will be preceded by our AGM but we will keep this short, the talk itself will start around 7:45pm
If you missed our day of talks with CALH on the Working Communities of Mill Road and East Cambridge last Saturday then you can now watch them on our YouTube channel.
CALH-MRHS Conference 2025 - YouTube
On 12 April 2025 the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History (CALH) and Mill Road History Society (MRHS) jointly presented a day of talks looking at the...
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April 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If you missed our day of talks with CALH on the Working Communities of Mill Road and East Cambridge last Saturday then you can now watch them on our YouTube channel.
Our next event is a talk from Nigel Kerry, director of music at OLEM, on the incredible story of Yolande Lyne-Stephens, a former ballerina born in the slums of Paris, who financed the building of the church.
Tue, 13 May, 7:30 at Ross St Community Centre.
millroadhistory.org.uk/event/olem-y...
Tue, 13 May, 7:30 at Ross St Community Centre.
millroadhistory.org.uk/event/olem-y...
Yolande Lyne-Stephens and the creation of a Cambridge church and AGM
Set across the lawns of Downing College, bordering Hills and Lensfield Roads, the ‘Church of Our Lady of the Assumption & the English Martyrs’ although coming late to the …
millroadhistory.org.uk
April 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Our next event is a talk from Nigel Kerry, director of music at OLEM, on the incredible story of Yolande Lyne-Stephens, a former ballerina born in the slums of Paris, who financed the building of the church.
Tue, 13 May, 7:30 at Ross St Community Centre.
millroadhistory.org.uk/event/olem-y...
Tue, 13 May, 7:30 at Ross St Community Centre.
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Drop in event in Barnwell in the afternoon and then come to our talk on the history of OLEM afterwards. millroadhistory.org.uk/event/olem-y...
Here's the bridge by Barnwell Junction train station in 1971 after it had been rebuilt. I'm planning a local history drop in event at Barnwell Road Library on Tuesday 13th May - more details on Eventbrite at www.eventbrite.com/e/local-hist...
April 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Drop in event in Barnwell in the afternoon and then come to our talk on the history of OLEM afterwards. millroadhistory.org.uk/event/olem-y...
In just under two weeks we have a full day conference in conjunction with the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History on "The Working Communities of Mill Road and East Cambridge".
Details, abstracts and booking info at millroadhistory.org.uk/event/the-wo...
Details, abstracts and booking info at millroadhistory.org.uk/event/the-wo...
March 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
In just under two weeks we have a full day conference in conjunction with the Cambridgeshire Association for Local History on "The Working Communities of Mill Road and East Cambridge".
Details, abstracts and booking info at millroadhistory.org.uk/event/the-wo...
Details, abstracts and booking info at millroadhistory.org.uk/event/the-wo...
Our March Newsletter is now available to read here mailchi.mp/de900bf9ad26... as well is in your inbox if you’re on our mailing list.
March Newsletter
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March 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Our March Newsletter is now available to read here mailchi.mp/de900bf9ad26... as well is in your inbox if you’re on our mailing list.
Our next event is part of the Cambridge Festival. On 11th March, 7:30pm at Ross Street Community Centre, Rosie Zanders presents "Cambridge per diem: a daily chronicle of Cambridge connections". All welcome, admission free. No booking required, arrive early to be sure of getting in.
Cambridge per diem: a daily chronicle of Cambridge connections
What’s special about the 11th March? Come along to Mill Road History Society’s special pre-Festival talk from Rosie Zanders and discover the unexpected connections between Cambridge eve…
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February 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Our next event is part of the Cambridge Festival. On 11th March, 7:30pm at Ross Street Community Centre, Rosie Zanders presents "Cambridge per diem: a daily chronicle of Cambridge connections". All welcome, admission free. No booking required, arrive early to be sure of getting in.
If you missed out Zoom talk last week from Gerald Smith on Cambridge’s Original Green Belt: Our Urban Commons you can now watch the recording on YouTube.
Cambridge’s Original Green Belt: Our Urban Commons
YouTube video by Mill Road History
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February 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If you missed out Zoom talk last week from Gerald Smith on Cambridge’s Original Green Belt: Our Urban Commons you can now watch the recording on YouTube.
Our next talk is on Zoom this Tuesday, Cambridge’s Original Green Belt: Our Urban Commons with Gerald Smith
Sign up to our mailing list at millroadhistory.org.uk/mailing-list/ to receive the link tomorrow.
Sign up to our mailing list at millroadhistory.org.uk/mailing-list/ to receive the link tomorrow.
Cambridge’s Original Green Belt: Our Urban Commons
What exactly is a common and how have these areas featured in the growth and development of Cambridge? This talk by Gerald Smith will examine how these open spaces were used over the centuries and …
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February 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Our next talk is on Zoom this Tuesday, Cambridge’s Original Green Belt: Our Urban Commons with Gerald Smith
Sign up to our mailing list at millroadhistory.org.uk/mailing-list/ to receive the link tomorrow.
Sign up to our mailing list at millroadhistory.org.uk/mailing-list/ to receive the link tomorrow.
Living Streets Cambridge have a programme of Winter Walks, see poster for details. All walks are 90 minutes and end where they started.
January 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Living Streets Cambridge have a programme of Winter Walks, see poster for details. All walks are 90 minutes and end where they started.
Our first event of the year is on Zoom on Tuesday 14 Jan. Sign up our mailing list to receive the link to join.
Newnham and Bletchley Park: Women’s Work in World War II
Image (c) Newnham College Archives An exhibition unveiled earlier this year revealed the hidden stories of a large number of women from Newnham College, Cambridge, who were quietly recruited for se…
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January 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Our first event of the year is on Zoom on Tuesday 14 Jan. Sign up our mailing list to receive the link to join.
We’ve just sent the January newsletter out to mailing list. Next event is in two weeks on Zoom.
January Newsletter
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January 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We’ve just sent the January newsletter out to mailing list. Next event is in two weeks on Zoom.
I've just come across this amazing portrait of Mill Road by Gareth Marlow, showing each shop as it was 20 years ago and as it is today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrbE...
Mill Road Cambridge, 2004 and 2024
YouTube video by Gareth Marlow
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December 21, 2024 at 6:42 PM
The recording of Tuesday’s sold out talk by Caroline Biggs is now available to watch on YouTube.
The Spinning House
YouTube video by Mill Road History
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December 12, 2024 at 9:01 PM
The recording of Tuesday’s sold out talk by Caroline Biggs is now available to watch on YouTube.
Thanks to all who came to our talk from Caroline Biggs on The Spinning House earlier this evening. And huge apologies to those we had to turn away due to lack of space.
A recording of the talk will be available in the next few days.
A recording of the talk will be available in the next few days.
December 10, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Thanks to all who came to our talk from Caroline Biggs on The Spinning House earlier this evening. And huge apologies to those we had to turn away due to lack of space.
A recording of the talk will be available in the next few days.
A recording of the talk will be available in the next few days.
The Observer are publishing an article tomorrow about the Spinning House and Caroline's book.
Come along on Tuesday at 7:30pm to Ross Street Community Centre to hear Caroline talk about it in person.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Come along on Tuesday at 7:30pm to Ross Street Community Centre to hear Caroline talk about it in person.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Cambridge University urged to apologise over jailing of thousands of ‘evil’ women without evidence or trial
A 1561 charter granted powers to imprison young working-class women found walking with undergraduates after dark
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December 7, 2024 at 2:52 PM
The Observer are publishing an article tomorrow about the Spinning House and Caroline's book.
Come along on Tuesday at 7:30pm to Ross Street Community Centre to hear Caroline talk about it in person.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Come along on Tuesday at 7:30pm to Ross Street Community Centre to hear Caroline talk about it in person.
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Cambridge People - Mill Road Winter Fair has been cancelled due to the heavy rain and strong gale force winds forecast.
December 5, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Cambridge People - Mill Road Winter Fair has been cancelled due to the heavy rain and strong gale force winds forecast.