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Flying flag for open spaces
11 May, 2018
A new flag that is set to flutter above Centenary Green in Wisbech has been unfurled during May Day celebrations at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House. The bright banner celebrating the town’s most famous daughter, a co-founder of the National Trust who believed that open spaces made a v
Continue Reading →Fanning a fervour for reform
11 May, 2018
The mother of Wisbech’s most famous daughter has taken her place in a memorial to unsung heroes. At a ceremony at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House a plaque was unveiled in Heroes’ Arcade to Caroline Southwood Hill, who helped to shape Octavia’s ideas about social reform. The ceremony w
Continue Reading →Tribute to Octavia’s torch-bearer
27 Apr, 2018
A prime mover behind Octavia Hill’s campaigning vision for social reform is set to join the pantheon of heroes in the garden of the house where she was born. A plaque commemorating Octavia’s mother, Caroline Southwood Hill, is to be unveiled at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House at 7 Sou
Continue Reading →Sorority of social reformers
20 Apr, 2018
The sisterhood of women who worked side by side with Wisbech’s most famous daughter is to come under the spotlight in a series of talks being staged at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House. In the year that marks the centenary of the triumph of the Suffragettes in Britain in 1918, the muse
Continue Reading →Full score facility for budding maestros
01 Mar, 2018
A bid to pitch practice opportunities at a broader range of instrumentalists has been unveiled at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House in Wisbech. A music practice group, which is open to all instrumentalists, is being launched as the successor to the piano practice group, which has been r
Continue Reading →Honouring a Great War hero
27 Dec, 2017
The bravery of a First World War soldier wounded in fierce fighting while trying to secure a wood near Ypres in 1915 has been remembered at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House. At the annual commemoration day to mark the life and achievements of Wisbech’s most famous daughter on December
Continue Reading →Tribute to town’s trail blazer
30 Nov, 2017
An annual commemoration day to mark the life and achievements of Wisbech’s most famous daughter is set to take place on Sunday (December 3). The all-day programme of events includes the 25th annual Octavia Hill memorial lecture, which is being given by Michael Baldwin on ‘Working arou
Continue Reading →Feast of festive fund-raising
24 Nov, 2017
A sumptuous feast of festive fare is being cooked up for fine diners at a pop-up restaurant at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House in Wisbech. The festive special, on Saturday, December 9, is the latest in a series of a dozen pop-up suppers staged at the home of the National Trust co-foun
Continue Reading →Dining out on mustard magic
07 Nov, 2017
Diners with a relish for mustard have been rushing to sign up for a mouth-watering menu at a pop-up restaurant at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House in Wisbech. The museum at 7 South Brink, which was the home of the co-founder of the National Trust, opens its doors at 1pm on Saturday (No
Continue Reading →Music marathon nets grand total
07 Nov, 2017
Musical maestros have been pulling out all the stops at Octavia Hill’s Birthplace House in Wisbech to raise more than £585 to replace or restore the ageing grand piano. A nine-hour musical marathon at the home of the National Trust co-founder at 7 South Brink attracted a crowd of abou
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