Call for Integration

13/07/1968

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Speaking to the Dogsthorpe Road Ukrainian Club, city alderman Walter Setchfield said that, for the sake of immigrants' children, racial ghettoes in Peterborough must not be allowed to exist any longer. People of all races, colours and creeds must be inter-mixed and intermingled with city natives to prevent 'second-class citizens' in the next generation. He went on to say that different races should not be allowed to stick together in tight communities but must be scattered about the city. Time so often shows that ideals and realities rarely match. (Peterborough Evening Telegraph)

Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.

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Ufford Church Closed

2011

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St Andrew's Church in Ufford has unrivalled views across the Soke of Peterborough and into Lincolnshire. Sitting in a dominant position on top of a hill with little but countryside surrounding it, Ufford Church is quite unique within Peterborough.

It is believed to date from the late 13th century, although there is a reference to Ufford Church in 1190 and served the needs of the village of Ufford. With the congregation dwindling the church closed in 2011, thankfully being taken on by the Churches Conservation Trust in 2014. It is open to visitors daily and is worth visiting for the Arts and Craft stained glass windows, the comical faces on the pew ends and the memorial to Lady Briget Carre, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Elizabeth I. Not forgetting the views too, in what might be the highest church in the Peterborough district.