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Using family photographs, letters and other personal memorabilia, Philip Attwood will discuss his experience of living in a terraced house facing directly on to the side of the old Mill Road Bridge in the early 1960s. Situated between the railway line and Argyle Street, these houses lacked what the Mill Road History Project Building Report rightly calls “the comparative grandeur” of the surviving railway cottages on the Petersfield side of the railway and have long since been demolished. The Mill Road life that will be presented included daily walks to and from Romsey County Primary School and regular visits to the public baths and the library the other side of the railway. As well as personal memories of the house, the school and the Mill Road area, this talk will also offer insights into the history of what was once known as Measham Terrace and the sorts of people who lived there over the years.Philip Attwood worked in the British Museum’s Department of Coins and Medals from 1979 until 2020, serving as Keeper of Coins and Medals from 2010. He has been Honorary Curator of the Worshipful Company of Cutlers’ medal collection since 1996. He has written many books and articles on commemorative medals from the Italian Renaissance up to contemporary art medals and is currently working on a book on the sculptor and medallist Frank Bowcher (1864-1938).
This talk takes place at Ross Street Community Centre which is fully accessible. Doors open at 7pm and the talk starts at 7:30pm. Tea and bscuits provided. Admission £3.
Note as audience numbers are unpredictable we urge people to arrive early so as not to be turned away if we reach capacity.
Date Tuesday 14 April 2026
Time 7:30pm – 9pm
Location Ross St Community Centre, Ross Street, Cambridge CB1 3UZ
Admission £3
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Ross Street Community Centre, Ross Street,Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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