We recently uploaded our second Arbury Cambridge YouTube video, another whirlwind tour of Arbury from the Iron Age right up to the North Cambridge Academy! We included a couple of quotes from the oral history contributions to the original Arbury Archive and much more, and we're very happy with it. We've also included a tribute to our sadly missed Arbury Archivist Debbie Brett to close on. Thanks so much for all the support we've received, many terrific comments and lovely e-mails. We are now averaging around 4,000 page views per month, so our dream of having a positive Arbury space online, and re-establishing exactly where Arbury is, are attracting interest. We're hoping Andy, Debbie's husband, the creator of the original Arbury Archive back in 1983 (inspired by the writings of teacher and historian Sallie Purkis in History Today magazine, the Arbury 1980 project and the 1981 book, Arbury Is Where We Live! ) will be back with us soon.
Is Arbury simply an electoral ward in the university city of Cambridge, the boundaries of which are arbitrarily redefined by Council planners whenever they choose? Or is it an area with a history of its own? We've studied Arbury, North and South, its prehistoric origins, Roman times, the old farms, the early housing estate and right up to date. We cover the original area, from Carlton Way to King's Hedges Road.