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This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Hi...

For more details visit http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails/from-abbey-meadows-to-market-square/ If you look up in Cambridge you can spot the Coat of Arms on bridges, signs, and above the door of the Guildhall. The Coat of Arms of Cambridge shows the River Cam with three ships on the water to demonstrate the important role the river played in the development of the city as a market town, with...

For more details visit http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails/from-abbey-meadows-to-market-square/ Marshall of Cambridge was established in 1909 by David Gregory Marshall as a car vehicle business, specialising as a chauffeur drive company. It was located in a small lock-up garage in Brunswick Gardens. Marshall’s first involvement in aviation dates back to 1912, when its mechanics helped repair...

For more details visit http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails/from-abbey-meadows-to-market-square/ Barnwell Priory was founded in 1092 and is the Abbey for which Abbey ward is named! It hosted numerous medieval kings and even a Parliament. But it was not always popular. It survived a revolt launched by angry locals in 1381, and150 years later it became the target of a more powerful foe, King He...

For more details visit http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails/from-abbey-meadows-to-market-square/ There were kilns with very tall chimneys, used to make bricks and tiles in the 1800s and 1900s. They were located in buildings stretching across a vast area on both sides of the Newmarket Road and all the way over to Coldham’s Lane, now known as Cambridge Retail Park. This means that there used to...

For more details visit http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails/from-abbey-meadows-to-market-square/ Prior to the mid-1820s there were no streetlights in Cambridge so gas pioneer, John Grafton was employed by the Cambridge Improvement Commissioners to light the streets with gas made from burning coal in vessels called ‘retorts’. The coal was brought to Cambridge by river using boats called ‘light...

For more details visit http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails/from-abbey-meadows-to-market-square/ As the population of Cambridge surged with businesses and housing, plus the University growing, there was a problem with sewage and smells in the River Cam. Not only did this cause discomfort to breathing and health problems, it also spread diseases, such as typhoid. The terrible stench and state...

This history trail audio is narrated by the poet Michael Rosen, with script researched by Helen Weinstein and the team at Historyworks. This recording is part of a series of Cambridge history trails which have lyrics inspired by 'history beneath our feat' performed by local schoolchildren, with poems by the top poet Michael Rosen and songs by the funny team at CBBC's songwriters commissioned by Hi...

For more details visit http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails/from-abbey-meadows-to-market-square/ The industry began in the mid 19th century, when shortage of food after the Napoleonic Wars caused an influx in demand for fertilizers. The coprolite itself is fossilized dinosaur faeces which, when ground up, can be mixed with acid or water to make fertilizer. This fertilizer was discovered when...

For more details visit http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails/from-abbey-meadows-to-market-square/ The team was established in 1912 and initially named “Abbey United”, after the Abbey area where it was set up. The team settled in the Abbey Stadium and after years of playing local amateur leagues, became professional in 1949. Cambridge United Football Club entered the promised land of the Footba...

For more details visit http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails/from-abbey-meadows-to-market-square/ Back in the mid 19th Century coprolite mining took place on Coldham’s Common, it was discovered that flying reptiles used to live around Coldham’s Common millions of years ago! The coprolite itself is fossilised faeces which, when ground up, can be mixed with acid or water to make fertiliser. The...

For more details visit http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails/from-abbey-meadows-to-market-square/ Coldham’s Common is one of twelve commons in Cambridge. In the Middle Ages the area of Abbey was rural with farms and the work done by peasants. They had strips of land where they grew their own food. Peasants had to work on their lord’s land growing the lord’s food. Cows and sheep and horses owne...

For more details visit http://www.creatingmycambridge.com/trails/from-abbey-meadows-to-market-square/ Cambridge is growing! The number of people living in the city is already 123,000, with nearly 30,000 more expected by 2020. People need homes and flats and new buildings are springing up all around the city. But this isn’t the first time builders have been busy. In 1801 there were just 252 people...

WRITTEN BY SUE HARRIS (Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network) Recorded in rehearsal with St Matthew's Choir KS2 It's the water of life The stuff that you're made of It's the water of life The stuff that we drink It's the water of life Pure and simple - H2 O Don't let it all go - down the sink!

WRITTEN BY SUE HARRIS (Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network) Recorded in rehearsal with St Matthew's Choir KS2 It's the water of life The stuff that you're made of It's the water of life The stuff that we drink It's the water of life Pure and simple - H2 O Don't let it all go - down the sink!

WRITTEN BY SUE HARRIS (Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network) Recorded in rehearsal with St Matthew's Choir KS2 It's the water of life The stuff that you're made of It's the water of life The stuff that we drink It's the water of life Pure and simple - H2 O Don't let it all go - down the sink!

Based on the story of Cambridge's Tudor Postie and Innkeeper, Thomas Hobson, with lyrics by Dave Cohen, chief songerwriter of CBBC's Horrible Histories, written in collaboration with Helen Weinstein who commissioned the song at Historyworks for children, families, teachers schools to enjoy! Lyrics below: LYRICS Hobson's Choice is Hobson's Choice is For a speedy horse Very best of course Faster fas...

WRITTEN BY SUE HARRIS (Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network) Recorded in rehearsal with St Matthew's Choir KS2 It's the water of life The stuff that you're made of It's the water of life The stuff that we drink It's the water of life Pure and simple - H2 O Don't let it all go - down the sink!

Based on the story of Cambridge's Tudor Postie and Innkeeper, Thomas Hobson, with lyrics by Dave Cohen, chief songerwriter of CBBC's Horrible Histories, written in collaboration with Helen Weinstein who commissioned the song at Historyworks for children, families, teachers schools to enjoy! Lyrics below: LYRICS Hobson's Choice is Hobson's Choice is For a speedy horse Very best of course Faster fas...

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