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               Gertrude Thurley-Pupil teacher
    Sadie
    • Feb 28
    • 3 min

    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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    Captain Herbert Wootton M.B.E. - advocate for Fletton
    Sadie
    • Feb 1
    • 15 min

    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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    A Life Devoted to Education
    Sadie
    • Nov 25, 2021
    • 4 min

    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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    The Panter family, Farrows, Canada and the ‘Hesperian’
    Sadie
    • Sep 30, 2021
    • 4 min

    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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    Charles Dack Museum curator and folklorist, Kesteven Lunatic Asylum and the Rembrandt connection.
    Sadie
    • Aug 26, 2021
    • 5 min

    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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    A servant's life in Fletton
    Sadie
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 6 min

    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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    Murder in Romania
    Sadie
    • May 20, 2021
    • 4 min

    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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    Fletton and the Census
    Sadie
    • Apr 20, 2021
    • 6 min

    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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    Welfare Hero of Fletton
    Sadie
    • Mar 17, 2021
    • 4 min

    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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    In the beginning...
    Sadie
    • Feb 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    This website has grown out of a desire to preserve the history of Fletton.

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    Dr Sadie McMullon

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    169 Main Street

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