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Sadie
Jun 1, 20228 min read
Reuben Thurley-Preacher and draper
In Blog 13 we met pupil teacher Gertrude Thurley. In this Blog I want to tell you a little about Gertrude’s uncle Reuben Charles Thurley,...
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Sadie
Apr 29, 20225 min read
Fletton's Comet
Although I promised to bring you more stories about the Thurley family this month, unfortunately the research has been a little delayed....
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Sadie
Apr 1, 202212 min read
The Thurley Brothers build the ‘Brickopolis’ landmarks
The Thurleys In last month’s blog we explored the life of Gertrude Thurley, teacher at Fletton Board school and daughter of John Cathles...
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Sadie
Feb 28, 20223 min read
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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Sadie
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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Sadie
Jan 2, 20228 min read
Sir Arthur Dilley MBE - Conservative Knight
A familiar building on the High Street in Fletton, on the corner with Milton Road, is the Dilley Hall. Many will associate the Dilley...
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Sadie
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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Sadie
Oct 29, 20216 min read
The Fletton School Log Book
By the end of the nineteenth century Fletton was experiencing a second wave of population growth. In 1881 the population of Fletton was...
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Sadie
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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Sadie
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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Sadie
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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Sadie
Jun 18, 202110 min read
Building the Local Population Before 1841
There are many sources available which, from 1841 to 1943, allow the researcher to place their ancestors, and the place they lived, in...
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Sadie
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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Sadie
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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Sadie
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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Sadie
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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