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...
Is Arbury simply an electoral ward in the university city of Cambridge, the boundaries of which are arbitrarily redefined by Council planners whenever they choose? Or is it an area with a history of its own? We've studied Arbury, North and South, its prehistoric origins, Roman times, the old farms, the early housing estate and right up to date. We cover the original area, from Carlton Way to King's Hedges Road.