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Peterborough Visitor Book

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Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 17 Jan 2016 17:00

Interesting MC, saw a news item on Look East, and one feature also in Cambridge News this week (Weds. 13th)

Chris :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-35295892

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 16 Jan 2016 09:45

Peterborough Archives Service is embarking on an exciting three year project to bring to life two visitors’ books from the tea stall run by the Women’s United Total Abstinence Council on Peterborough East Railway Station during 1916 and 1917.

Servicemen travelling through Peterborough on their way to and from the front wrote messages, poems or drew pictures to express their gratitude to the ladies serving them tea and cake.

These slim volumes provide a unique insight into the servicemen who were passing through Peterborough during two years of the Great War. The men came from across the country and the books highlight the city’s importance as a railway hub during this period.

The books have been digitised and transcribed and are available on this site:

http://www.peterboroughww1.co.uk/

Well worth a browse, I've come across a few local men who signed the book.