The cattle have been cleared and gradually, over the week have been replaced by a small tented village on Midsummer Common. It’s the annual Strawberry Fair kicking off the festival season on the first weekend of June. The fair is for one day only (tomorrow, Saturday) and is free to enter. A magical mix of …
Saturday evening and a tour on the river. It’s always special gliding along the Backs in a punt. Blue skies this morning brought out the Wisteria at Sidney Sussex College and the street entertainers around the Market Square.
May Day Bank Holiday Monday morning and cyclists of all shapes, sizes, ability and ages gathered in the Market Square for the 6th annual Ride to Reach. It is organised by Cambridge Cycling Campaign to promote issues concerning the estimated 35,000 cyclists in Cambridge. They all put their best pedal forward with encouraging words from …
Took a walking tour out yesterday..made a welcome change to keep dry! As we passed the Market Square I spied my friend Robin Hammerton, a stall owner (The Vintage Vendour) and keen amateur cricketer deep in conversation with Derek Pringle, former England Test cricketer and now chief sports writer with The Daily Telegraph. One might …
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 …
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 …