There has been a market on this site for probably a 1000 years and the tradition continues to this day. Intrepid Cambridge Market Traders braved a met office severe weather warning and set up their stalls. The rain bucketed down, but, stepping between the puddles forming on the cobbles, you could find Simon with his Organic Veg, freshly harvested from the Littleport Fens, Tom, …
Kimberley Rew came by the stall today.. always good to catch up with him. Kimberley graduated from Cambridge University and found success in the late 70’s with Cambridge band The Soft Boys before forming Katrina and The Waves and penning their perennial hit “Walking on Sunshine”….. the rain was needed by the farmers, gardeners and allotment holders but now, please, some of Kimberley’s …
Today the magnificent King’s College Chapel hosted auditions on the Chapel Organ for scholars hoping to attend in 2013. Always a challenge to speak to your group when the organ plays in the Chapel, but a joy to hear.
It was 9 years ago, as of yesterday that James Watson returned to Cambridge to unveil a blue plaque on the wall of The Eagle pub. It was 50 years since 1953 when Watson and Crick announced to a bemused crowd that they had discovered “The Secret of Life”, the structure of DNA. It was raining on that day in …
Well the rain is badly needed in East Anglia at the moment. The farm fields, the allotments and the gardens are gratefully soaking up the showers. The grass is greening up, the veg is growing (especially the asparagus at the start of a new season, yum, yum!), and the Victorian market cobbles have a shine to them. …
One of the finest examples of a city with a river flowing through it is Cambridge. The magestic Cam flows lazily right through the centre of the City clearly visible from many of the best known landmarks. The world famous Cambridge Backs are best seen from a punt on the river, which The Cambridge Tour …
The Cambridge Market is one of the last “covered” markets in the UK. Once upon a time lots of towns in the UK had covered Markets but with the rise of the Superstore and due to changes in consumer habits these active centers of commerce have been disappearing. The Market is open 7 days of the …