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Cats in Victorian Cambridge: What Nineteenth-Century Newspapers Tell Us About Changing Attitudes to Cats
Written by Roger Lilley, Museum of Cambridge Trustee A brief search though the Cambridge newspapers for the key word ‘cat’ sheds light on the popular interest in these pets. Before 1800 they had been valued largely for the control of

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Brown’s Yard: A Signpost to a Changing Cambridge
Content warning: This article contains historical accounts of domestic violence, homicide, prostitution and sexual exploitation, including child sexual exploitation. Written by Roger Lilley, Museum of Cambridge Trustee The Museum of Cambridge exhibits a number of old enamel street signs: Falcon

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Cambridge Disability Heritage: Medical Cabinet Collection (Part 2) – Box 64a
Written by Hannah Twinberrow, Disability Heritage Research Volunteer  This research piece was made possible by a two-year initiative made possible by a £99,802 grant from the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund through the Museums Association. This ground-breaking project will place disabled individuals

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Cambridge Disability Heritage: Medical Cabinet Collection (Part 1) – Box 64a
Written by Hannah Twinberrow, Disability Heritage Research Volunteer  This research piece was made possible by a two-year initiative made possible by a £99,802 grant from the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund through the Museums Association. This ground-breaking project will place disabled individuals

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Review: Call Me John – words, sounds and images from the life and work of E. M. Barraud, WWII Land Girl
Written and performed by Jane BowerEversden Village Hall, 1 July 2026 Reviewed by Roger Lilley, Trustee, The Museum of Cambridge There are many ways of telling the story of an extraordinary life. Some rely on elaborate staging, others on dramatic

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