Wisbech (Virtual) Arts Trail
Exciting news! Wisbech Projects CIC has been awarded funding from Arts Council England to run a project for the town for the next few months. I’m very proud of this achievement and I’d like to thank all those who’ve been cheerleaders and supporters to get us to this stage of arts funding. The project is …
Guest Contributor: Wisbech Wanderings part 1
First published in the Fens magazine By Garry Monger DIGGING UP THE PAST WISBECH WORDS AND WALKS (Part 1) Wandering Wisbech as part of our ‘Lockdown’ exercise provides an opportunity to learn more about the town’s heritage. Most residents are familiar with Joseph Medworth’s Castle Circus development which includes The Crescent, Union Place, Ely Place, …
Drone Over Wisbech
A beautiful gentle flight over the town, from Konrad Klich. Added here with permission, please contact Konrad directly via the Youtube channel or on Facebook with any questions. Click here to go to Youtube and view
Arts for the Equinox
As many of you are aware, I am part of the team looking after the Old Chapel (near Asda, Wisbech), so I’m pleased to let you know about our Arts Open Day on Saturday 21st March, 11am to 4pm. (In between Spring Equinox and Mother’s Day). We have events about the heritage of the Cemetery …
Planning
After deciding on FOCUS as my word of the year, I’ve already been organised enough to do some planning to make the projects happen. I hope you’ll enjoy following the journey of this work as I mention progress throughout the year, probably asking for help along the way, while also still promoting and sharing the …
Geoff Hastings
I have no idea what will be happening politically by the time you read this, but I’m sure that many of you will be celebrating Christmas, and hopefully getting to spend some time with your families, in the next couple of weeks. There’s still enough time to get a few presents in, and you can …
Talks and workshops
While I am enjoying a particularly colourful Autumn, we are hurtling towards Winter, the weather is definitely getting colder and the nights draw in. Things to do don’t stop though, there’s still talks from Wisbech Society and FenArch, as well as group meetings of the various societies and clubs, so you won’t be stuck for …
Market Place Update!
A month or so ago I wrote about pubs in the Market Place, and shops too. I got some wrong (though thought I was correct at the time, having done some research!) After chatting to members of the Wisbech Heritage Forum (on Facebook) I corrected myself, which is how research into any part of history …
Heritage Open Days 2019
Following the last column, I did indeed receive corrections to my descriptions of the buildings in the Market Place! I was pleased to receive friendly notes about the Barber Shoppe building, and also to tell me that I got Woolworth’s wrong – I remember Woolworth’s, how could I get that wrong?! The people telling me …
Historic Market Place
Wisbech has been a market town for centuries – the “Old Market” has been named that for centuries… So it stands to reason that the buildings have changed use over this time. If you wander around town like a tourist, especially if you take the time to talk to the owners of shops and businesses, …