- the search for our city s past
The maps uploaded by the National Library of Scotland show the city just before major infrastructure projects and the comprehensive redevelopment of the city centre Start here, then zoom in to have a browse The maps are even more detailed than the land use maps of 1961 fro the same library as illustrated by the More Detailed Cambridge Map from the 1960s
It didn t actually change much, bus as Oxford had it, why couldn t we? 2026 is the 75th anniversary of that elevation, and Cambridge City Council has brought in 1980s Children s TV Star Paul Chuckle (sadly his brother Barry is no longer with us) to celebrate this with his wheelz of steel on Sunday! Above More Council asks King if Cambridge can have city status 1951
In October 1994 Mike Petty wrote a brief guide for teenagers working on local history projects. It was published in the Cambridge Weekly News of 26 Oct 1994 The project was well structured and the questions clear; it would be undertaken by dozens of students. The only problem was how to provide the necessary material More Local history study guide for schools 1994
and the national redistribution of the receipts from them (similar to what happens with business rates revenues today) and the imposition of a local income tax. This follows on from my earlier blogpost when the Cambridge Liberal Party addressed the same issue 15 years before, which links to the call for a new land value More Cambridge Labour Party demands land value tax
In 1904 the Cambridge Women s Liberal Association hosted an event at the old Cambridge Liberal Club building on Downing Street on the issue of taxing land values to fund local government. This was a major issue for both the Liberal Party and the growing Labour Party, but neither of the parties were able to implement More Cambridge Liberal Women and Land Value Tax 1904
In the 1960s it became clear that the new council housing estates were lacking in community facilities. In 1965 Arbury was described as a desert estate . Above – ILN 09 July 1966 in the British Newspaper Archive which I have transcribed here. Half a century later and the plans for the Cambourne to Cambridge busway More Arbury and Castle in urgent need of amenities 1972
The old Cambridge St Ives Huntingdon railway was closed during the Beeching era, but by the late 1980s local residents called for it to be reopened. (Spoiler. They were ignored). For those of you unfamiliar with or who would like to know more about the civil servant appointed by the Minister of Transport, More Campaign to re-open Huntingdon-Cambridge Railway
Several pamphlets from the 20thC have arrived of late covering all things trams and light rail, mindful of the announcement on the future of the Cambridge Airport site See BBC Cambridgeshire here for the sale of the airport site recalling that back in 1990 a majority of local residents wanted light rail for Cambridge More The decline of the trams Institute for Transport 1953
Labelled as The Cambridge Great Traffic Debate (now in its Nth decade!) the Cambridge Evening News reported on a large survey published by Cambridgeshire County Council in February 1990 I was still at primary school when residents of the city were calling for the light rail that we still haven t got. The 1991 census showed More 67% of residents support light rail 1990
The Cambridge Independent ran a feature in its weekly newspapers called Pen pictures of women workers. It makes for a fascinating social record at a time of significant cultural change in the workplace. There were still many barriers to work such as the marriage bar for women teachers who had to relinquish their posts More The Cambridge Women Workers series 1930-31