Come along to the Methodist Church, Huntingdon, to our AGM and hear all about the Society and what we have been doing over the past year, and what is planned for the forthcoming 12 months. The successful candidates for the prestigious Goodliff Awards for 2026 will be announced. If you are interested in the local history of Huntingdonshire, looking to undertake research or want to publish your recent work come and meet the Goodliff Awards team and the officers and committee of the Society. If you would like to help develop the Society, recommend future talks, meetings or excursions, we would welcome your suggestion. Why not volunteer to be on the Committee, and help shape the Society\u2019s future.<\/p>\n
Details of the AGM, Committee members, will be sent to all members prior to the meeting, and can also be found on the website, www.huntslhs.org.uk<\/p>\n
After our AGM, we have a special speaker, local author, Susan Mortlock Rajasinghe who will talk to us about the two books she has written about the different lives of her parents. Susan was awarded two Goodliff Awards, on in 2023 and the other in 2024 to help her research and publish her two books.<\/p>\n
Her first book, \u2018Rose Allen, A Godmanchester Girl\u2019. The story starts with Susan\u2019s grandparents, William and Lillian Allen, and the impact of the First World War on the family and the men of Godmanchester. They lived in St Annes Lane where Rose was born in 1922. This was a much different Godmanchester to the one we all know today. Rose enjoyed growing up in the town, attended the Grammar School, and relished going on many outings to the seaside with her family.<\/p>\n
Her second book, \u2018Billy Mortlock, a Godmanchester Boy, who married Rose Allen, contains reminiscences as well as anecdotes from the Hunts Post and aims at providing a picture of Godmanchester life in the 1930s, just before Europe moved towards the Second World War.<\/p>\n
Come and hear all about how Susan explored her family history and that of the people of Godmanchester<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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