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Engage: The History of Papworth Village Settlement

  • Huntingdon Library and Archives Princes Street Huntingdon, England, PE29 3PA United Kingdom (map)

Royal Papworth Hospital - now part of the Biomedical Campus in Cambridge - started its history more than a century ago as a Tuberculose sanatorium and village settlement in Papworth Everard.

Join Lalie Constantin, Heritage Officer at Royal Papworth Hospital, to discover the daily life of the inhabitants of this extraordinary village, which was a world unique experiment in the treatment of TB. Come and learn more about the history of the most famous village in Cambridgeshire!

FREE talk (donations welcome). Adults only.

Booking required. Ask at Huntingdon Library, call 0345 045 5225, or email Huntingdon.Library@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

 Image: patient outside a 'TB hut' at Papworth Everard. Courtesy of Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

 

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