![Ely Standard: I learn from the Dean of Ely (writes Watchman) that the Ministry of Supply has communicated with the Dean and Chapter requesting that the wrought iron railings around the cathedral be taken down to help the war effort. The Dean remarks that he does not like the idea at all and intended to write a letter to the Press on the subject in due course]( "Ely Standard: I learn from the Dean of Ely (writes Watchman) that the Ministry of Supply has communicated with the Dean and Chapter requesting that the wrought iron railings around the cathedral be taken down to help the war effort. The Dean remarks that he does not like the idea at all and intended to write a letter to the Press on the subject in due course")
I learn from the Dean of Ely (writes Watchman) that the Ministry of Supply has communicated with the Dean and Chapter requesting that the wrought iron railings around the cathedral be taken down to help the war effort. The Dean remarks that he does not like the idea at all and intended to write a letter to the Press on the subject in due course (Image: MIKE PETTY)
The archives from historian Mike Petty continue to offer historical gems.
![Ely Standard: “Biafran butcher” June 6, 1975: Student yells of “Biafran butcher” at General Yakubu Gowon failed to disrupt the Honorary Degree ceremony at the Cambridge Senate House. The General gave the thumbs up sign to a bunch of two dozen students who chanted insults at the Nigerian head of state as he walked in procession. He was flanked on one side by a hefty special branch armed bodyguard plus the Cambridgeshire chief constable, Mr F. Drayton Porter, and by contrast on the other by the tall, elegant figure of Queen Margrethe of Denmark.]( "Ely Standard: “Biafran butcher” June 6, 1975: Student yells of “Biafran butcher” at General Yakubu Gowon failed to disrupt the Honorary Degree ceremony at the Cambridge Senate House. The General gave the thumbs up sign to a bunch of two dozen students who chanted insults at the Nigerian head of state as he walked in procession. He was flanked on one side by a hefty special branch armed bodyguard plus the Cambridgeshire chief constable, Mr F. Drayton Porter, and by contrast on the other by the tall, elegant figure of Queen Margrethe of Denmark.")
“Biafran butcher” June 6, 1975: Student yells of “Biafran butcher” at General Yakubu Gowon failed to disrupt the Honorary Degree ceremony at the Cambridge Senate House. The General gave the thumbs up sign to a bunch of two dozen students who chanted insults at the Nigerian head of state as he walked in procession. He was flanked on one side by a hefty special branch armed bodyguard plus the Cambridgeshire chief constable, Mr F. Drayton Porter, and by contrast on the other by the tall, elegant figure of Queen Margrethe of Denmark. (Image: MIKE PETTY)
![Ely Standard: ‘Stretosaurus’ - June 10, 1952: The skeletons of two prehistoric animals believed to be about 140 million years old have been unearthed on the Wicken Road, Stretham. One, a plesiosaurus is thought to be about 20 feet long, and the other is believed to be a dinosaur. The discovery was made during dragline operations.]( "Ely Standard: ‘Stretosaurus’ - June 10, 1952: The skeletons of two prehistoric animals believed to be about 140 million years old have been unearthed on the Wicken Road, Stretham. One, a plesiosaurus is thought to be about 20 feet long, and the other is believed to be a dinosaur. The discovery was made during dragline operations.")
‘Stretosaurus’ - June 10, 1952: The skeletons of two prehistoric animals believed to be about 140 million years old have been unearthed on the Wicken Road, Stretham. One, a plesiosaurus is thought to be about 20 feet long, and the other is believed to be a dinosaur. The discovery was made during dragline operations. (Image: MIKE PETTY)
![Ely Standard: Disappearing Shovels - June 10, 1936: Nine men who worked on the fen banks at Soham Lode during the recent floods appeared in court charged with stealing a shovel each, the property of the Great Ouse Catchment Board. Several of the men said they had lost their own shovels and took another as ‘compensation’.]( "Ely Standard: Disappearing Shovels - June 10, 1936: Nine men who worked on the fen banks at Soham Lode during the recent floods appeared in court charged with stealing a shovel each, the property of the Great Ouse Catchment Board. Several of the men said they had lost their own shovels and took another as ‘compensation’.")
Disappearing Shovels - June 10, 1936: Nine men who worked on the fen banks at Soham Lode during the recent floods appeared in court charged with stealing a shovel each, the property of the Great Ouse Catchment Board. Several of the men said they had lost their own shovels and took another as ‘compensation’. (Image: MIKE PETTY)
![Ely Standard: Twenty Pence Pint: June 10, 1982. The landlords of the Twenty Pence Inn near Cottenham invited the Queen and the Prime Minister to a party to celebrate the introduction of the new 20p coin. But they both had other engagements. A special Twenty Pence Ale – brewed for the occasion – was on sale but could only be bought with a 20 pence coin.]( "Ely Standard: Twenty Pence Pint: June 10, 1982. The landlords of the Twenty Pence Inn near Cottenham invited the Queen and the Prime Minister to a party to celebrate the introduction of the new 20p coin. But they both had other engagements. A special Twenty Pence Ale – brewed for the occasion – was on sale but could only be bought with a 20 pence coin.")
Twenty Pence Pint: June 10, 1982. The landlords of the Twenty Pence Inn near Cottenham invited the Queen and the Prime Minister to a party to celebrate the introduction of the new 20p coin. But they both had other engagements. A special Twenty Pence Ale – brewed for the occasion – was on sale but could only be bought with a 20 pence coin. (Image: MIKE PETTY)
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