Trumpington Village Sign unveiled June 2010, designed by Sheila Betts. Trumpington Local History Group

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Personal recollections
Trumpington Fifty Years Ago: Reminiscences of the 1920s, W.E. Dring
My Experience of Education in the Church School, Margot Andrews
Childhood Memories of Trumpington in the 1940s-1950s, Brian Goodliffe
Recollections of Shelford Road, Jean Clews with Howard Slatter
Forty Years of Public Transport in Trumpington, Barry Clarke
Growing up on the Estate, Brenda Bass
Glebe Farm, Trumpington, in the early 1950s, David Stubbings
The Recreation Ground in the 1940s, David Stubbings
The Proud Son of a Trumpington Ploughman, Brian Goodliffe
Personal Reminiscences of the Perse Prep School, Edmund Brookes

Events
Outing to Wicksteed Park, August 1949
Trumpington Young Farmers' Club, supper, early 1960s
Trumpington Charter Fair, July 1968
Trumpington Medieval Weekend, June 1989
Trumpington Village Hall Centenary: Summer Prom, June 2008
Trumpington Village Hall Centenary: Exhibition, October 2008
Trumpington Christmas Fair, December 2008
Opening of Trumpington Pavilion, November 2009
Opening of Addenbrooke's Road, 27 October 2010
Trumpington Christmas Fair, November 2010
Royal Wedding celebration (Prince William and Catherine Middleton, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge), 29 April 2011
Unveiling of the renovated
Trinity Hall milestone, Hauxton Road, May 2011
Local celebrations of the
Queen's Diamond Jubilee, June 2012
Opening of
electronic play space, King George V Playing Field, August 2012

Topics
Anstey Hall: group visit, May 2012
Archaeology discoveries:
   Anglo-Saxon
bed burial and gold cross, March 2012.
   visit to
Trumpington Meadows excavation, May 2011.
   talk on the
Archaeology of Clay Farm, March 2012.
   visit to
Clay Farm excavation, April 2011.
   visit to
Clay Farm excavation, August 2010.
Cambridge Chronicle, 1850-1900: monthly extracts
The
Cambridgeshire Guided Busway in Trumpington
Censuses:
introduction to the censuses with transcriptions from the 1841 to 1911 censuses; local stories from the censuses
Education and schools in Trumpington: history of local education provision and schools
Farms and farming in Trumpington, including Enclosure and the Plant Breeding Institute (PBI)
Hobson's Brook: introduction
Hobson's Conduit: history
King George V Playing Field and the Recreation Ground.
The
Plant Breeding Institute (PBI) and Trumpington
Railways in Trumpington: history and reminiscences
Trumpington Brass Band: history dating from 1910.
Trumpington Hall and the Pemberton family: summary of the history
Trumpington Parish Church, introduction, history and details of rectors and vicars
Postcards: selection of historic postcards of Trumpington
Prisoner of War Camp, Trumpington (World War II)
Public houses in Trumpington
The
School House and William Butterfield: history of the School House, Church Lane, and the work of its architect
Street names: derivations
Trumpington Village Hall: 100 year history of the Village Hall
Trumpington Village Sign: the original and new signs and the unveiling of the new sign
Trumpington War Memorial: including history, leaflet and the Wilson brothers
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