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Who was “the Duchess” of Cambridge?
Image: Left – Stuart Newall’s house and former Post Office. Centre – Wesleyan Chapel. Right – the rear of the Duke of Cambridge Hotel. Background Pukekura and Maungatautari Part 1 – A question New Zealand…
Read MoreOf Spitfires and Cock Pheasants
Flight Lieutenant E. P. ‘Hawkeye’ Wells In the cockpit of the Subscription Spitfire, ‘Waikato’. Donations from the provinces of New Zealand in 1941 supported the purchase of new Mk V cannon-firing Spitfires for No. 485…
Read MoreTop gear all the way
When Ken Wilkinson of Cambridge broke the record for the fastest road trip between Auckland and Wellington in 1931, his time included stops for food, petrol, trains and mobs of sheep and cattle. No mention…
Read MoreTwo Cambridge icons: a suit of armour and Tui Carter
The suit of armour at the front entrance of the antique shop in the Veale Building represented the height of the antique trade in Cambridge in the 1970s. Behind the towering suit of armour was…
Read MoreJack Silcock – Prisoner of War, part II
In October 2023 we printed the first part of an article based on a memoir written by Jack Silcock of Cambridge. Soon after his marriage to Lola, he was serving in a medical unit in…
Read MoreJack Silcock – Prisoner of War
Jack and Lola Silcock Jack and Lola Silcock moved to Cambridge in 1958 when Jack was appointed Principal at Leamington Primary School. They spent the rest of their lives here. Lola was a Life Member…
Read MoreOur Mysterious Good Samaritan
You will have seen the press report on “The Dead Tell Tales” when historian Lyn Williams took us through the Hautapu Cemetery telling us of the lives of some of Cambridge’s hard-working, notable and/or colourful…
Read MoreA Tribute to the Cambridge Independent (Part 2)
A Tribute to the Cambridge Independent. This is part two of a two-part story written by Cambridge Historical Society committee member Carole Hughes. Editors came and went but Gordon Chesterman made a huge input. Eventually…
Read MoreCambridge History Talk Series in partnership with U3A
Cambridge Museum and Historical Society partners with U3A to provide three lectures a year focussing on the history of Cambridge and the Waikato region. Meetings are free for Friends of the Museum and are…
Read MoreThe Police Force in Cambridge
The very first European force policing the Cambridge area was the 3rd Regiment of the Waikato Militia. The men erected the Star Redoubt in Fort Street and immediately established a communication line with Pirongia, Hamilton…
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