Thanks for all the emails to Arbury Cambridge . We appreciate the questions and feedback and have replied to all. This is the second of our Ask Arbury articles, in which we highlight some readers' comments and questions. Mr Reid has written: I remember the pictures of Andy and Florrie Capp at Turners Fish Locker in Arbury Court. Do you remember Andrew McCulloch's video library in the 1980s and 1990s? We do! VCRs became affordable and widespread during the 1980s, and Andrew McCulloch was very much into the new technology. Delicious! A 1978 'Cambridge Evening News' advertisement for Turners Fish Locker in Arbury Court. Mos has written: I have been reading here since you started. It is excellent to know the history of Arbury and where everything was. I don't think historic areas are considered to be that important now, simply as election wards which are not in the right areas in Arbury. Everybody only talks about being in Central Cambridge or North Cambridge or Great
Arbury Snippets Part 6: The Arbury Adventure Playground Association, The Kingsway Club, Councillor Janet Jones Versus Giant Weeds in North Arbury...
The Arbury Adventure Playground on the Nuns Way playing field in North Arbury was a fixture for over twenty-five years. It made its debut in 1973. One of the featured newspaper articles in this post details progress towards its creation - and is something of a hymn of praise to the original Arbury community spirit. Hello, and welcome to our latest round-up of past newspaper articles about Arbury, which was a hive of community action in its early years. The three articles we include here are shining examples of the community spirit of 'The Arbury', with an adventure playground in the offing, a social club for lonely elderly people already established, and a county councillor happy to chop down four foot high weeds... But first... A Word About Arbury... Where Is Arbury, What Is It? Readers familiar with historic Arbury as opposed to 'Arbury Ward' and 'King's Hedges Ward' (a name imported into the Arbury Meadows from elsewhere) can skip this. But, for newcome