Newsletters

Newsletter 1 – June 1999

Newsletter 2 – November 1999
Lady Wilson and Fulbourn, with her poem about Fulbourn Manse

Newsletter 3 – February 2000

Newsletter 4 – June 2000
Memories of Fulbourn Post Office

Newsletter 5 – October 2000
Emigration from Fulbourn in the 19th Century./ ‘The Christmas Hamper’, poem by Lady Wilson

Newsletter 6 – Winter/Spring 2001
Fulbourn Windmill – brief note about a talk./ Archaeological work around the Nature Reserve./ Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary 1911 – Fulbourn celebrations.

Newsletter 7 – Summer 2001

Newsletter 8 – Autumn 2001
Seeking out Fulbourn’s medieval ancestors – an archaeological dig in Fulbourn Nature Reserve.

Newsletter 9 – Winter/Spring 2002
Hands on Archaeology – notes by a novice. History of Fulbourn School 1859-1972

Newsletter 10 – Summer 2002
Charity Customs./ Wright’s Clock Land./ Church Taxes./ History of Fulbourn School 1859-1972

Newsletter 11 – Autumn 2002
The taking of Fulbourn Water./ 19th Century College servants born in Fulbourn./ Census – Fulbourn employment statistics./ Excavation update – Hall Orchard Moat, Fulbourn./ Walking into history – first steps./ Fulbourn Village – recollections

Newsletter 12 – Spring 2003
Caraway’s Charity and the Boleyn family./ Fulbourn Village – recollections

Newsletter 13 – Summer 2003
History of Marshalls – talk by Terry Holloway (extended account). Fulbourn’s World War I Hospital./ Fulbourn Village – recollections

Newsletter 14 – Winter 2003
Characters of Fulbourn./ Fulbourn Customs. The Fen Fire

Newsletter 15 – Spring 2004
World War II stories about Fulbourn through the eyes of the village. (see also issues 16 and 17)

Newsletter 16 – Autumn 2004
Now digger turns up a Roman pot (1965)/ Fulbourn cellar unearthed (1967)/ Memories of a ding dong battle (1979)/An Escort of P 38s (aircraft over E. Anglia in 1940’s).

Newsletter 17 – Spring 2005
Loss of old elm tree.

Newsletter 18 – Summer 2005
Pictures of FVHS display – Fulbourn during the second World War. /Transcription by Pat White of the inventory taken following the death of a local shepherd (Nov. 1662).

Newsletter 19 – Autumn 2005
Fulbourn Village research project update/ Fulbourn Banner/ Account of excavations near the Fleam Dyke (April 1852).

Newsletter 20 – Spring 2006

Newsletter 21 – Summer 2006
Poem by K. Crane ‘Gone but not forgotten’.

Newsletter 22 – Autumn 2006

Newsletter 23 – Winter 2006

Newsletter 24 – Summer 2007

Newsletter 25 – Spring 2007
Ringing of church bells.

Newsletter 26 – Spring 2008

Newsletter 27 – Summer 2008

Newsletter 28 – Autumn 2008
William Cole (b. 1714) and Fulbourn/ Fulbourn Almshouses.

Newsletter 29 – Spring 2009
Stonebridge Lane and its cottages (Part 1)

Newsletter 30 – Autumn 2009
Stonebridge Lane and its cottages (Part 2)/ Last will and testament of Agnes Frogge of Fulbourn 1559.

Newsletter 31 – Spring 2010
List of CDs with transcriptions of Censuses, Church Registers etc./ The street lamps of Fulbourn/ A very posh Fulbourn earth closet.

Newsletter 32 – Autumn 2010
War Ditches in the Twentieth Century by William Foot./ Fulbourn School 1859-1859 by Pippa White.

Newsletter 33 – Spring 2011
Looking back to the beginning./ Fulbourn Post Office 1844-2010

Newsletter 34 – Autumn 2011
Fulbourn and Farming (Part I)

Newsletter 35 – Spring 2012

Newsletter 36 – Autumn 2012
Archaeological Survey of Stackyard Court

Newsletter 37 – Spring 2013
The Fulbourn Life Wall./ The Tyrrell Family Visit./ Fulbourn and Farming part 3.

Newsletter 38 – Autumn 2013
The Fulbourn Life Wall./ The Tyrrell Family Visit./ Fulbourn and Farming part 3.

Newsletter 39 – Spring 2014
From St Vigors to Fulbourn Station – a short account of some of the houses in Church Lane and Station Road

Newsletter 40 – Autumn 2014
Fulborn and Farming Part IV / Fulbourn and the Onset of the First World War

Newsletter 41 – Spring 2015
Fulbourn during the First World War / Two Stone Birds

Newsletter 42 – Autumn 2015
Fulbourn Exemptions from Service 1914-1914 / Hidden Histories of Artefacts in our Collection

Newsletter 43 – Spring 2016
Ursula Lyons 1936 – 2016

Newsletter 44 – Autumn 2016
THE HOME FRONT 1914-1918: The Role of Fulbourn  women (and children) based on Reports from the Fulbourn Chronicles

Newsletter 45 – Spring 2017

Newsletter 46 – Autumn 2017
THE HOME FRONT 1914-1918: Exemptions from Service FULBOURN WINDMILL (Part I). Sail and Fantail Restoration Project 2013 – 2016

Newsletter 47 – Spring 2018
Anthony Goodall  1934 – 2018

Newsletter 48 – Autumn 2018
World War I Booklets; Hidden Treasures in our Archive Store; Casualties of the Great War

Newsletter 49 – Spring 2019
Fulbourn Remembers (The Great War); Archive Store Treasures

Newsletter 50 – Autumn 2019
The Poor in 19th Century Fulbourn (Part 1); Fulbourn Street Names 1952 – 2019; Hidden Histories of Artefacts held in our Archive Store

Newsletter 51 – Spring 2020
The poor in 19th Century Fulbourn (Part 2).

 Newsletter 52 – Autumn 2020
Norman Osborne 1933- 2020; The poor in 19th Century Fulbourn (Part 3)

Newsletter 53 – Spring 2021
Loss of three loyal members, Pat White, John Patten, Iris Levitt. The Poor in 19C Fulbourn Part IV. Careways’s Charity. The Home Front in Fulbourn 1939-1945 Part II. Hidden Histories of Artefacts held in our Store. Wrights Charity.

Newsletter 54 – Autumn 2021
The Home Front in Fulbourn 1939-1945 Part II. Hidden Histories of Artefacts held in our Store. Water Pumps and Standpipes in Fulbourn.

Newsletter 55 – Spring 2022
The Home Front in Fulbourn 1939-1945 Part III. Hidden Histories of Artefacts Held in our Store. Reports of the Programme of our Talks held by Zoom 2021-2022.

Newsletter 56 – Autumn 2022
FVHS Committee 2022-2023. The Home Front in Fulbourn 1939-1945 Part IV. Hidden Histories of Artefacts held in our Store: Keeping a Lady’s hair tidy.  Highway Robbery in Fulbourn 1779. FVHS Programme of Talks 2022-2023

Newsletter 57 – Spring 2023
Sad loss of Four FVHS members. The Home Front in Fulbourn 1939-1945 Part V. Crime Report of Burglary i Fulbourn Oct 1848. Hidden Histories of Artefacts held in our Store. Reports of our Talks. Programme of Talks 2022 -2023.

Newsletter 58 – Autumn 2023
FVHS secure grant from Wrights Clock Fund Charity. The Home Front in Fulbourn 1939-1945 Part VI. ‘Ruffianly Attack on Young Woman Feb 1853. A History of Schools in Fulbourn Part I. Histories of Artefacts held in our Store. Reports of our Talks. Programme of Talks