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.
“[D]uring Easter week the Lord King Edward [II] came to Thorney, before which never has any king of England entered [the house]. Thereafter he went warfaring against the Scots; and the war being finished he returned to Thorney on 28 October in the same year.” The English were defeated in 1314 at the Battle of Bannockburn.