Explore the Cambridge History Pages
To jump straight to a specific article or blog post, simply click on any of the pictures or their main title below. Alternatively, use the search box above to find content by keyword, or browse the CONTENTS List
This blog features many items from my personal collection—everything from family stories, scrapbook , and personal archives to my own research projects and articles. You will also find contributions from others.
You're very welcome to use or reference the work and photos - please just correctly credit any items used.
All content © Michelle Bullivant unless stated otherwise.
If you’d like to add your memories or comments to any post, just click on the post and use the ‘Add Comment’ button. Comments come to me for approval before being published. Alternatively, feel free to use the Contact form in the menu above.
Tarrytown New York - old postcard to Victoria Park Cambridge 1908
Tarrytown New York - old postcard to Cambridge 1908….
Beatenberg Switzerland - old postcard sent to Victoria Park Cambridge 1909
Beatenberg Switzerland - old postcard sent to Victoria Park Cambridge 1909….
Old postcard sent to Belgrave Road Cambridge c.1908
Old postcard sent to Belgrave Road Cambridge c.1908…..
Women's Football 1921 old photograph - Cambridge family
Women Footballers, 1921. This Cambridge family postcard photograph shows three women footballers posing in striped shirts, shorts and long socks, one holding a football. A pencilled note on the reverse simply reads "Dot" and the date "May 1921"…..
Gray-Nicolls Plastic Shopping Bag c.1980, from Grays of Cambridge
Gray-Nicolls plastic shopping bag c.1980, from Grays of Cambridge. Grays was founded in 1855, the Gray-Nicolls brand itself was formed in 1940 by the merger of H. J. Gray and Sons. This bag comes from the Grays sport shop that was situated at 36 Sidney Street Cambridge.
Queens' College Cambridge Luncheon Menu 1961
A lovely old Queens' College Cambridge Luncheon Menu for Monday 5th June 1961 which was held in honour of “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother The Patroness of The College”. There is a real black and white photograph placed on the front of the menu.
Old postcard to Miss Jolly Cambridge 1917
Old postcard of The Parish Clerk Thomas Gainsborough R. A. (National Gallery) to Miss Jolly 12 Belgrave Road, Mill Road, Cambridge. Sent 1917
The Esperanto International Congress Cambridge 1907 - old postcard from Cambridge to Isle of Wight
The Esperanto International Congress Cambridge 1907 - old postcard from Cambridge to Isle of Wight
The Saloon Audley End - old postcard 1906 sent to Belgrave Road Cambridge
Fantastic old postcard of The Saloon Audley End, sent to Miss Jolly of 12 Belgrave Road, Cambridge in 1906.
