Potton History Society

This month's featured archive is based upon Society member Philip Westmoreland's comprehensive weather statistics for Potton from 1963 to 2009. The file has been split in two to enable it to fit on the web site.Click on the right image of 'Sutton Road Greenhouses after a gale in 1986' to download the monthly figures as a pdf.

Click on the left image of 'Judith Gardens flooded in 1978' to download the daily figures as a pdf. The Society holds many such images and documents in its archives which in turn are filed within their own section.

Please watch this space for further 'Featured Archives' from our extensive collection.

This month we are beginning to open our photographic archive to web viewers. The Society has its collection fully digitised and will be posting one album per month. This month will feature Album 144 - World War Two. The file has been split in two to enable it to fit on the web site.Click on the right image of '144 Park Field Squadron 6th Army at Potton Manor 1941 - 1942' to download part one as a pdf.

Click on the left image of 'Potton Services Canteen in 1940' to download the part two as a pdf. The Society holds many such images and documents in its archives which in turn are filed within their own section.

Please watch this space for further 'Potton History Society Photographic Archives' from our extensive collection.

Thursday 25 March. An Ewardian Photographer. Rodney Todman.

A chance find of a collection of glass plate negatives from a St. Neots photographer provides a glimpse of life one hundred years ago.

Potton History Society has a collection of Edwardian photographs, some of which will be on display.

Please bring any photographic or other material about the Edwardian Period to share at the meeting and help contribute to our archives.

The talk will take place as usual at 8pm in the Community Centre, Brook End. Admission £2.00 Non-members. Members free.

Why not join one of Bedfordshire's most active Local History Societies?

2010 membership available now.

Please see the 33rd Programme for a full guide to our talks in 2010.

Please click on the image to download the latest newsletter as a pdf file to catch up on news and many interesting articles.

Newsletter 47 contains the next instalment of the history of the Potton Flower Show, an article on Dirigibles and airships from 1884 up until 1930s (including the famous R101), an article on the development of this web site, further provincialisms from Bedfordshire, congratulations to two couples from the Society celebrating their Diamond Wedding Anniversaries, an article on the Tysoe Ledgers and Potton Brass Band, a look back at the events 70 years ago at the outbreak of war and memories of the Rising Sun Public House and its well (sunk in 1720 and finally covered in the 1950s.

The Society has been contacted by Mark Brandon at the RSPB (Royal Society For The Protection Of Birds). The RSPB's headquarters is situated at the Lodge, Sandy.

Dr David McComish, an expert from English Heitage, will be leading a walk to Galley Hill, the site of the Iron Age hill fort, which was excavated in 2006. He will be talking about the discoveries made at the site and discussing the knowledge that has been gained about it. There will be a nice walk to get there.

The walk will take place on Sunday March 7th starting at 11am and will take a couple of hours.

There will be a charge of £3 per adult and £2 for RSPB members to join in the walk.

For more information visit the RSPB site.