SadieFeb 283 min Gertrude Thurley-Pupil teacherGertrude's childhood home-Haydn Terrace The Peterborough Advertiser, Wednesday March 19, 1902 At the dawn of the twentieth century...
SadieFeb 115 minCaptain Herbert Wootton M.B.E. - advocate for FlettonAs new industries were attracted to Fletton, at the turn of the twentieth century, new housing was required for the workers. One man was...
SadieNov 25, 20214 minA Life Devoted to EducationWhen the Fletton Board School opened on Monday 25th February 1901 the Peterborough Advertiser reported that there were ‘upwards of 300...
SadieSep 30, 20214 minThe 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...
SadieAug 26, 20215 minCharles 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...
SadieJul 20, 20216 minA servant's life in FlettonThe two industries which were most influential in attracting male migrants to Fletton were the railways and the brickyards. For females...
SadieMay 20, 20214 minMurder in RomaniaFor 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...
SadieApr 20, 20216 minFletton and the CensusI 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...
SadieMar 17, 20214 minWelfare Hero of FlettonEvery community throughout the country has unsung female heroes who should be celebrated not just this month but every month. To...
SadieFeb 11, 20212 minIn 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...