Imagine the thrill of being on an archaeological dig at Arbury Camp. Well, we would have loved it. Just like Tony of Time Team ! But we didn't do any of that and now Orchard Park is there we can't. However, we can dig up artefacts from the original Arbury Estate and the Hall, Manor and Arbury Camp farms which predated it. Take a look at the exercise book at the top of this post and below. It's from the Manor School, 1978. The owner has asked that we blot out her name ('Don't you DARE show it!' she said), but it's still a real time capsule. Here was a John Travolta fan, a Fonzie (1950s retro style icon from Happy Days ) fan, a Liverpool FC fan.  And also somebody experiencing a couple of 'crushes' on local lads.  Those were the days. No World Wide Web, no mobile phones, no home computing. In fact, no school computing either.  Yep, for the vast majority of us computers were things which Dr Who tackled (all flashing lights and spinning spools) and also...

Please click on the image for a readable view, and download if required. Part two of the 1987 Cambridge Weekly News series, written by Andy Brett, one of our blog contributors, way back then! What was the Pumpkin Trick? Rumours mounted after an archaeological dig at Arbury Camp in the early 1900s that Arbury Road was haunted. Was it really Ancient Britons and Romans? Or did The Pumpkin Trick have anything to do with it? Here's our trusty old map of Arbury revealing some of the locations featured in this week's instalment.                                 This photograph of Henry and an Addenbrooke's nurse was taken by Ralph Lord, photographer, of Market Street, Cambridge. The nurse had inscribed it: 'To Mrs Brett, from her boy's friend.' 12 September, 1908 - the future site of the Manor School/ North Cambridge Academy, the Park Meadow at Manor Farm, was the location for Walter and Louisa's wedding photograph...