1941: Following a Ministry of Home Security circular on the carrying of gas masks, a Mrs Mellows organised four lectures aimed principally at housewives of active servicemen, on how to handle a gas situation. The second talk was held on this day. Each lecture covered: latest information about gas attacks; first aid for gas casualties; how to protect yourself and dealing with incendiary bombs and fires. All lectures were very well attended. (Gray, David, Peterborough at War 1939-1945, David Gray, 2011)
Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.
1334: King Edward III arrived in Peterborough on this day to stay at the monastery on a visit. he had crossed the, by now dilapidated wooden bridge over the Nene and had obviously made some complaint about it. When he discovered that no one seemed to take responsibility for the upkeep of this link with the wider world, he granted a licence to four local men to take tolls from merchants carrying goods across the bridge and, with that money, to maintain the bridge. Two of these are recorded as being the Rector of St Mary's church, Orton Waterville, and Richard of Lincoln, of Lincoln's Place in Midgate. (Bull, J. and V., Scene Magazine, 2012)
Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days, By Brian Jones. The History Press, 2014.