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Gertrude Thurley-Pupil teacher
Gertrude's childhood home-Haydn Terrace The Peterborough Advertiser, Wednesday March 19, 1902 At the dawn of the twentieth century...
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Feb 1, 202215 min read
Captain Herbert Wootton M.B.E. - advocate for Fletton
As new industries were attracted to Fletton, at the turn of the twentieth century, new housing was required for the workers. One man was...
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Nov 25, 20214 min read
A Life Devoted to Education
When the Fletton Board School opened on Monday 25th February 1901 the Peterborough Advertiser reported that there were ‘upwards of 300...
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Sep 30, 20214 min read
The Panter family, Farrows, Canada and the ‘Hesperian’
The family I am exploring this month – the Panters – shows how employment, especially for women attracted families to Fletton. But it...
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Aug 26, 20215 min read
Charles Dack Museum curator and folklorist, Kesteven Lunatic Asylum and the Rembrandt connection.
Athough St. Margarets did not witness any of Charles Dack’s vital events; birth, marriage or death, he lived the majority of his life in...
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Jul 20, 20216 min read
A servant's life in Fletton
The two industries which were most influential in attracting male migrants to Fletton were the railways and the brickyards. For females...
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May 20, 20214 min read
Murder in Romania
For this month’s blog we go inside St. Margaret’s church and take a look at two memorials which commemorate father and son Henry William...
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Apr 20, 20216 min read
Fletton and the Census
I hope that you completed your census return in March! The census is an important document to record your family at a given point in time...
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Mar 17, 20214 min read
Welfare Hero of Fletton
Every community throughout the country has unsung female heroes who should be celebrated not just this month but every month. To...
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Feb 11, 20212 min read
In the beginning...
there was a small parish, just south of Peterborough, in the north of Huntingdonshire. In 1841 it had a population of 256 and was a rural...
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