Town Hall Talks

Every year in March the Peterborough Local History Group give two illustrated talks, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. They take place in the Town Hall reception room and are given to boost their funds and support the current Mayors Charities. There are usually two talks on two local historical topics with refreshments of tea or coffee and biscuits at half time.

This year we attended the evening talk and normally the room is a sell out. We were surprised to see a few empty chairs there this year. This photo was actually taken during the tea break, there wasn't that many empty chairs!

The first talk this year, was entitled '40 years of the NHS in Peterborough'. It was given by a retired pathologist and actually covered much more than the 40 years that he worked in Peterborough Path Labs. The second half was a film put together from archive films taken by amature film makers in Peterborough and the surrounding villages over the last century. As usual the talks were very interesting as we both love all aspects of history and especially Local History.

An Antique Mayoral chair made from solid oak in 1837 with the City cross keys symbols carver in the back