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New Bar Hill News Issues!

I have finally got around to looking at some of the issues from the Early 2000s. Ironically, these have been scanned and were sitting on my hard drive "to be sorted" for about two years!I'll group the…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2026/02/new-bar-hill-news-issues.html
February 12, 2026 at 8:50 PM
King's Hedges Community News 2007/8/9

Issues of the King's Hedges Community News (published in North Cambridge) from 2007, 2008, and 2009. The issues are;December 2007,Spring 2009,Winter 2008,Summer 2008 (Arbury…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2026/02/kings-hedges-community-news-200789.html
February 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
CAM-MIND Newsletter from August + Winter 2010

This newsletter highlights the work of Cam-mind, a Cambridge mental health charity that supports adults through activities, training, fundraising, and community engag…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2026/02/cam-mind-newsletter-from-august-winter.html
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
The Essex Naturalist (A Journal of the Essex Field Club) from 1906

Another issue from "The Essex Naturalist" from 1906.This issue is a quarterly scientific journal published by the Essex Field Club at…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-essex-naturalist-journal-of-essex_01433729049.html
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
The Essex Naturalist (Journal of the Essex Field Club) from 1899

No. It's not what you think.This is a scan of the 1899 volume "The Essex Naturalist" from April to September 1899.I picked this up (with a bundle of…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-essex-naturalist-journal-of-essex.html
February 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
"Reflections" Magazine from Cambridge Water from 2010/2012 (Three Issues)

Three issues of "Reflections" magazine published in 2010/12 by Cambridge Water (for their customers).These are available via the Internet Arc…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2026/02/reflections-magazine-from-cambridge.html
February 5, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Model Engineer - No 3112 Vol 124 2 March 1961

An issue of "Model Engineer" from the 2nd March 1961.This issue of Model Engineer offers a rich mix of practical workshop guidance, historical engineering insight, an…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2026/02/model-engineer-no-3112-vol-124-2-march.html
February 3, 2026 at 8:50 PM
South Cambs Magazines from 2010/2011/2012 (6 issues)

 A selection of SouthCambs magazines from the early 2010s.Here are the links to the individual issues (via Internet Archive).South Cambs Magazine - 2010…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2026/02/south-cambs-magazines-from-201020112012.html
February 1, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Newlands Park Consultation - New for 2026!

Rather than something from the dim and distant past, this is right up-to-date; a (planning) consultation for a new development adjacent to Lolworth (just down the road…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2026/01/newlands-park-consultation-new-for-2026.html
January 30, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Steam Alive! - Trains Illustrated No 0012 (Final Issue) - October 1971

The October 1971 edition of Steam Alive! marked the end of a short but influential publication devoted entirely to Britain’s growing railway…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2026/01/steam-alive-trains-illustrated-no-0012.html
January 29, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Model Engineering - 9 March 1961 Vol 124 No 3113

This March 1961 issue of Model Engineer captures the hobby at a pivotal moment in British engineering history. Full-size steam was rapidly disappearing from the na…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2026/01/model-engineering-9-march-1961-vol-124.html
January 28, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Chesterton Challenge - NINE Issues

As part of my year-end "fun", I've been going back through my quite extensive (but sadly incomplete) archive of my time living in Cambridge. This post includes nine issues, including…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2026/01/chesterton-challenge-nine-issues.html
January 3, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Oddest of the Odd ... My SECOND job offer!

So, like all good "compulsive collectors", I've spent the Christmas break working on my increasingly mammoth archive. This has involved writing a couple of new applications f…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2026/01/oddest-of-odd-my-second-job-offer.html
January 1, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Bar Hill Hotel Open Day - 17th December 2025

Of course, this event occurred in the past, but this is the leaflet that was circulated around the village, inviting residents to the open evening and giving them a cha…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2025/12/bar-hill-hotel-open-day-17th-december.html
December 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Manor Community College - Prospectus from 2001

Here is a 2001 prospectus from The Manor Community College (a secondary school in North Cambridge, United Kingdom, that has now closed and re-opened as an Academ…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-manor-community-college-prospectus.html
December 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A New Lidl for Northstowe (Leaflet)

This was delivered to the surrounding residents. Fingers crossed it gets approved!Here's the leaflet on the Internet Archive.

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-new-lidl-for-northstowe-leaflet.html
December 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Frontier Magazine 1 to 4 from 1995 (and a MAJOR digression!)

I used to help run a Science Fiction club based in Reading, Berkshire (United Kingdom). I had a very, very minor role in the club, but it was a fantast…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2025/12/frontier-magazine-1-to-4-from-1995-and.html
December 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Cast.Iron leaflet (from 2003)

A leaflet from 2003 in relation to the plan in Cambridgeshire (United Kingdom) to replace the decommissioned railway line between Cambridge and Huntingdon with a Guided Busway. The leaflet…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2025/12/castiron-leaflet-from-2003.html
December 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Acorn User - Issue 200 (+ more)

Here are some high-resolution scans of Acorn User issues from 1998, including the 200th issue from November.The Acorn User magazine started with the BBC Micro/Electron, but these issues date to…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2025/12/acorn-user-issue-200-more.html
December 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Evidence In Camera Special Edition On Photographic Reconnaissance And Photographic Intelligence (March 1945)

This is a scan of the facsimile of the final edition of the "Evidence in Camera" magazine from March 194…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2025/11/evidence-in-camera-special-edition-on.html
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Have You Lost Your Silly Mid Off?

This one is just an addition to an existing item.I've added a better (more complete) scan of the BBC Field Placing Plan for a standard cricket pitch.I've attached this to the Armchair…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2025/11/have-you-lost-your-silly-mid-off.html
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Bexley United V Tonbridge Saturday, Sept 12th 1964 ( Official Programme)

The official program for the 1964 match between Bexley United and Tonbridge held on the 12th September 1964.This match took place in the 1…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2025/11/bexley-united-v-tonbridge-saturday-sept.html
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Flying Simply Explained: A Simple Explanation of the General Procedure of Flying a Light Aeroplane

"Flying Simply Explained" by Malcolm Logan from the Pitman’s “Simply Explained” series. Probably from the 1950s.Flyi…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2025/11/flying-simply-explained-simple.html
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Trains Illustrated - September 1951 Vol IV, No 9

Today's update is a (small!) collection of issues of train-related memorabilia from the last century. Here's a complete issue of Trains Illustrated from Septem…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2025/10/trains-illustrated-september-1951-vol.html
October 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Kennedy Space Centre - Tourguide from 1981

Ironically I found this in the atic after purchasing the house (along with quite a few other documents from 1980s). This is the English version of the tourbook.This is…

https://ukarchiving.blogspot.com/2025/10/kennedy-space-centre-tourguide-from-1981.html
October 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM