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At the BBQ, many of the neighbours discussed the changes they had observed in Sutton throughout the years

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Some of the neighbours dropped off several books which were minutes from Sunday School meetings from 1950s to 70’s. One of the neighbours talked about what he’d found out…

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Moving to Sutton and getting to know your neigbours

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As part of Sutton Grapevine, Kennedy hosted a BBQ for the people of Painters Lane. They were asked to bring along a memory or object that made them think about Sutton. One of the couples on the street brought along a fossil which had been dug up in the garden. A song followed…

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The men’s curry club were kind enough to allow a woman to pop in briefly to their monthly curry club to ask about their impressions of living in Sutton.

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This story was originally told directly to the people of the Farmland Museum. Here, the story is re-told and remains a poignant tale of one Gypsy family’s contribution during the First World War.

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This recording suggests that the failure of the Hovertrain had a personal cost as well as an engineering and financial one.

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The experimental Hovertrain was described in this blog post <http://suttongrapevine.org/2009/04/28/hovertrains-and-visions-of-the-future/>, and this audio recording <http://suttongrapevine.podbean.com/2009/07/14/hovertrain/>. This recording tells of the model that was made of the Hovertrain and how it ended up first at the Farmland Museum at Haddenham, and more recently at Peterborough Railway World.

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A recording describing the decline of small farmers in Sutton.

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A description of trips made to Sutton at a time when there were plenty of shops in the village - including a cheese-makers!

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