Cambridge is a world-renowned centre for cutting-edge innovation, but even before the Cambridge Phenomenon, Cambridgeshire had a long history of invention.

Mary Burgess’s presentation will explore this legacy, focusing on five themes: 

• healthcare/biology

• computing

• transport

• scientific instruments

• agriculture.

There should be something to interest everyone!       

About the presentation

Our guest speaker Mary Burgess is the Local Studies Librarian at the Cambridgeshire Collection, the local studies department of Cambridgeshire Libraries and one of the most important local history resources available to us. She is a local historian, researcher, and author of three books on East Cambridge. 

Event information

The event will take place in the Pye Building at Cambridge Museum of Technology.  Entrance to the venue on the night is via the Museum’s upper gate on Cheddars Lane.  

There will be free light refreshments courtesy of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMECHE) 

Tickets for the event will be available on the door for £5 a head (£3 for students with ID).
Card-carrying members of the Railway Circle and members and volunteers at Cambridge Museum of Technology can attend for free. 

E-tickets are also available in advance online here:  

About Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Group

Cambridge Industrial Archaeology group organises a programme of talks on industrial heritage at Cambridge Museum of Technology.  Talks usually take place at 19:30 on the second Monday of each month.  For further information about Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Group contact Robin Chandler    robin.chandler@btinternet.com 

Cambridge Railway Circle runs a programme of talks on all aspects of railways.  For more information visit their website: www.cambridgerailwaycircle.org